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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: "Wang Qin" <wangqin01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: robwilliams_dr@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:14:39 +0000
Subject: Hello

Fax: 852-301-46168

Greetings,

This is a proposal in context but soliciting for your unreserved
assistance in carrying out an urgent transaction. I am wang qin account
officer of the HSB Ltd.

Please you did not get this email in error; I had to search for your
contact myself on the internet,before the iraqi u.s war our client Gen
ibrahim moussa who was with the iraqi army as well business man made a
numbered fixed deposit, when the money was matured several notice was
sent to him, even during the war with no response, we later found out
that the General and his family had been killed during the war in a bomb
blast that hit his home.

After further investigations we noticed that the Gen did not declare
any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his
bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my
office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.

No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please I employ you
to observe complete confidentiality and be assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us so please endeavor to
observe
utmost discretion in all matters of this issue. You may reply to my
email . if you agree to help.

I will employ the service of an attorney who will prepare all the
necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all
matters concerning this issue.

I will provide you with more details as soon as I hear from you.

Kind Regards,
wang qin.



Kindly respond to: qwang@xasamail.com

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