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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: "Adewale Usman" <adewale_usman@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:42:23 +0000
Subject: NATWEST BANK LONDON. BUSINESS INQUIRY

I am a staff of Natwest Bank London. I am writing
following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of
imense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
£10.5million British Pounds Sterling (Ten million
five hundred thousand British Pounds) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris
Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in the
plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on
January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.
You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Now the bank has been waiting for any of the relatives
to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that.I personally has
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years now,
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin
/ Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the
proceeds of this account valued at £10.5million British Pounds Sterling
(Ten million five hundred thousand British Poundscan be paid to you. This
will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you.I
will secure all necessary legal documents that can
be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest
Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction
through.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of
the law. Please, provide me the following:
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and
appreciated.
Best regards,

ADEWALE USMAN

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