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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: "Phillip Mills" <phillipj_esq@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: phillip_mills@easy.com
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:58:49 +0000
Subject: Notification of Bequest

From: Phillip J. Mills, Esq. (For Trustees)
Managing Partner (Mills & Shanley)


Notification of Bequest.


On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate
of Late Engr.Mark Halligan, I once again try to notify
you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered. I
hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email
address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late
Engr. Mark Halligan made you a beneficiary to his
will. He left the sum of Three Million, One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (US$3,100.000.00) to you in the
codicil and last testament to his will.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it
is real and true. Being a widely travelled man, he
must have been in contact with you in the past or
simply you were nominated to him by one of his
numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Engr.
Mark Halligan until his death was a former managing
director and pioneer staff of a giant construction
company (JULIUS BERGER). He was a very dedicated
Christian who loved to give out. His great
philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his
life time. Late Engr. Mark Halligan died on the 9th
day of February 2004 at the age of 82 years, and his
WILL is now ready for execution.

According to him this money is to support your
humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the
needy.

Please If I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get
back to me as soon as possible by email:
phillip_mills@easy.com to enable me conclude my job.
You should forward along your current telephone
number, including your current mailing address.

I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

Yours in His service,

Phillip J. Mills, Esq

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