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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 Haward" <edward@globalfinancecompanyuk.com>
Reply-To: global_financeinvestment@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:00:25 +0000
Subject: RE:Investment Partnership

GLOBAL FINANCE AND INVESTMENT
THE COURT YARD
4-6 LONDON ROAD
NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE RG14 1JX
ENGLAND
TEL/FAX NO:448712475460

RE:Investment Partnership

ATTN: THE CEO

We are a fund management company and also estate
brokers based here in the Britain. We have been in
operation for over seventeen years, we were initial based
in Dubai.

In order to expand our field of operation we are
interested in a joint partnership with you and we are
also interested in investing in properties, stocks,
shares and joint partnership with blue chip firms
Worldwide. We are prepared to invest up to the tune of
US$150M


We also welcome good investment tips and business
opportunity that can yield a good yearly turnover a
reasonable commission has been earmarked for this form
of assistance. Our principal function is to finance
any viable international or domestic project.Most
important note that you do not have to be an expert in
the field we welcome anyone with a bright idea.


We will entertain only serious offers for further
enquiries kindly get across to me by email or fax as above


Thank you for your anticipated response.

Best regards

MICHAEL DAUGLAS
GLOBAL FINANCE AND INVESTMENT


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