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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: "Shanka Abel" <shanka01@barrelhorses.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abelshnk02@yahoo.com.tr
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 04:11:43 +0200
Subject: Dear John,call me on tel +228 921 4332 upon reciept.

The Desk of Shanka Abel.
North Atlantic Securities Sarl,
Lome Togo.
West Africa.
Tell: +228 921 4332.

Dear John,

I am Mr Shanka Abel, Regional Director of North Atlantic Securities Sarl with regional Office here in Lome-Togo. This company is a security and financial firm that handles persons, families, and companies precious metals such as Gold, Precious stones, and diamond, also, we provide savings and house loan to persons, families and companies.

We had a foreign client from Alaska who deposited the sum of eighteen million six hundred thousand united states dollars (US$18.6million) with our Company.

Eventually,this client Mr.Morris Thompson 61 years,of Fairbanks, Alaska America was a victim of January 31st 2000 air disaster with Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which occurred in mexico. Please check this page for your confirmation ( http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ ) and precisely (http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html ) about Mr Thompson himself but, since his demise , we have not had any body coming for the claims as the next of kin or as a bonafide beneficiary.

I have monitored this situation very closely with my position in the Company after his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past three years plus, I have removed the file to my private vault.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner
to enable me move the fund to his designated foreign bank account in his country.

This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations will be handled without suspect. I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a phone call and also provide to me your identification say your international passport or drivers lisence if you are sincerelly willing to champion this transaction with me but you have to be aware the required confidentiality of this and most importantly you need not to call me if you are incapable of this or skeptic minded about it.


Your partnership interest/share will be negotiable before we commence the operation.I look forward to hearing from you immediately you recieve this urgent message. Reply me via abelshnk02@yahoo.com.tr

Best Regards,
Shanka Abel.
+228 921 4332.

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