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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: "Brenda Williams" <interconfidential@msn.com>
Reply-To: brendanwiliams@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:20:11 +0000
Subject: UNDERSTANDING.

My Dear,

Good day, I am very happy to write to you this leter. I am Mrs Brenda
Williams writting to you on behalf of Mr Mandela Nkosi, one of the directors
incharge of Auditing and Accounting section\ Chairman of Investigating
department of African Development Bank, my department came across a very sum
of money of $65million USA Dollars (Sixty Five Million USA Dollars),
belonging to one Deceased Mr Morris Thompson, 61 years, of Fairbanks, Alaska
America. Who died on January 31st 2000 with Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

Note: The fund has been dormant for a long time in our bank.

Since we discovered the information, we have been expecting his next of kin
or relation to come over and claim the money because we can not release it
unless somebody applies as next of kin or relation to the decease as
indicated in our banking guidlines and laws here, but no body have come for
the claim up till this moment, as it may interest you to know.

Meanwhile as a Senior Staff in this bank, I and my Director of Auditing and
Accounting, are in posession of all the necessary documents to perfect this
deal by making you the bonafide next of kin\Partner whom this money will be
transfered into your account without any further delay since there is no
next of kin or relation that comes to our bank for the claim.

Note: We use this oppurtunity to contact you and make this business proposal
to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the
decease for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for
it. We need your good assistance and co-operation to get this deal done
because we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury or the
government bag as unclaimed bill.

Reference to the percentage in this transaction, you will be entitled to 30%
of the total sum as gratification, while 70% will be for me and my partners.
Be inform that we will use our good office as insider to make sure the fund
is been paid to you here or through any of our Affiliate bank with our
proper under ground work immediately you aply and the fund approved in your
name.

Upon receipt of your positive response to work with us, I will send you the
text application in which you will fill and send direct to the pay
Reminttance department of this bank while we follow it up.

Note: You should not have an atom of fear because we will use our good
office to back you up and perfect everything 100% ok in your name and
favour.This transaction will bring to us joy, longlife an prosperity.

Kindly indicate your interest to get back to me through my perivate e-mail
address brendanwiliams@yahoo.fr to avoid any delay.

Thanks.

Best Regards.

Mrs Brenda Williams.

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