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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: "Colin Rafeal" <colinrafeal@ubsfinancehouse.com>
Reply-To: colinrafeal07@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:16:55 +0000
Subject: From Colin Rafeal

Dear Friend,

I am Colin Rafeal the General Auditor of UBS Investment Bank 1 Finsbury
Avenue, London EC2M 2PP. I have urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you.There is this floating funds which is to the tune of
Nine Million Five hundred Thousand Pounds only (9,500,000.00 Pounds) Which
as been floating in this A/C nº 5005874BS1000 since 2000 after the death of
the true owner of the funds Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American who was a
private business man unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000,
including his wife and only daughter.

You can read more about the crash on visiting these sites below.

<http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list>
<http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html>

I just came across his file again when I was auditing all the credit
account in UBS Investment Bank, and I found out that nobody as ever come on
behalf of the Late Mr. Morris Thompson as his next of kin to claim the
funds. And I have been monitoring this account since I discovered this
information.

In this case I have concluded to contact you if you are reliable to
execute this transaction with me, then I will instruct you on how to claim
as the next of kin to the late Mr.Morris thompson,so that the funds could be
transfer to your overseas A/C, if only you can co-operate with me and not to
betray me at the end. For your information the transfer payment to apply for
as the next of kin should be Nine Million Five hundred Thousand Pounds only
(9,500,000.00 Pounds) As soon as you confirm your interest and
co-operation,I will give you the guide lines on how you can transact
with the bank for the approval of the funds to your A/C. When everything as
been put in place for the transfer I will apply for an annual leave to
obtain a visa to travel to your country for my share of the funds and the
sharing of the funds is 55% for me, 35% for you,5% for Orphanage Home and
the remaining 5% will be for expenses incurred during the transaction.

As soon as i receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I will furnish you with the
necessary modalities.

I await your soonest response.

Thanks.

Mr.Colin Rafeal Auditor General UBS Investment Bank

N.B:As i move into your country all informations regarding this
transaction
will be destroyed.

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