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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: "EDWARD JONES" <edward_jones763@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:36:56 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF EDWARD JONES (BENEFICIARY IMPORTANT NOTICE ASAP)

Dear Friend,

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honor against your will. I am Mr. Edward Jones, and
work with a bank (one of the African leading banks in the West Coast). Here
in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years which belong to
a American national who is now late Mr. Morris Thompson who died on Alaska
Airlines Flight 261.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.
archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/More details about the
deceased himself, you can check on
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.
When I discovered that there had been neither deposits nor withdrawals from
this account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system
investigation and discovered that none of the family member or relations of
the late person is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell.
Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer these funds.
Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this account.
It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out
everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount is not so much at
the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account
stands at-(US$35.5 million US dollars).
Now my questions are:
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.
Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Finally, it is our
humble prayer that the information as contained herein is accorded the
necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.
I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project. Do know that
this transaction is 100% risk & hatch free. I am expecting your urgent
response as soon as you receive my message.

Respectfully yours,

Mr. Edward Jones.

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