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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: "Desmond Duke" <d2solutions05@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: desmondduke@centrum.cz
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:04:04 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.

Good Day.

Let me first of all treat on how I got your email address. I was looking for
someone to go in partnership with in order to achieve an aim, which at
the end of the day will leave both of us extra dollars in our accounts.


Please note that this is no SCAM, but an honest transaction that will be
transacted between two or more reputable personalities.

I am Mr.Desmond Duke, Chairman of the Audit Committee of B.S.I.C.
Bank Plc Benin. There is an account opened in this bank in 1989 and
since 1995 nobody has operated on this account again. After going
through some old files in the records i discovered that if i do not remit
this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

A vault account of Larry Dorothy , with a credit
balance of $20M dollars.The beneficiary,Larry Dorothy , he died,
leaving no WILL and no possible records for trace of heirs. For obvious
reasons, i have decided to inherit this very A/C balance following a
legitimate transfer procedure.

If you are willing to assist me, Please hurry and provide us with your full
names and contact Phone numbers for communication purposes.We
have unanimously concluded to release 30% of the total sum to you for
your participation.

Please get back to me for details.

Truly Yours,
Mr. Desmond Duke
Webmaster@auditcommitee.zzn.com

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