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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: "lama malick" <lamamalick@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:52:44 +0000
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL

FROM MR. LAMA B. MALICK.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
INTERNATIONAL BANK OF ASIA

Dear Friend,

I am writing following the impressive information about your profile through
the website your capability and reliability to champion this opportunity.
And with your quick response,I want to transfer to overseas account
($9.5,00.000 USD). I am 49, and auditor
general International Bank of leading banks in the ASIA). Here in this bank
existed a dormant account for the past 8 years which belong to a American
nationality who is now late. When we discovered that there had been no
deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long period, I and my
one other colleagues decided to carry out a system investigation and
discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late American
is aware of this account. Now we want an account overseas where we can
transfer this funds. Thereafter, we had planned to destroy all related
documents for this account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven
months we have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.

The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated
interest the balance in this account stands at-(US$ 9.5 million US dollars).
The first payment that the bank will pay into your account will $5 miliion
US dollars and upon a suscessful transfer
of the first fund without any disappointment from your side,we will
hornestly proceed with rest $4.5 milion US dollars as i planed the transfer
with you.

Now our questions are:- 1. Can you handle this project? 2. Can we give you
this trust?
3. What will be your commission if you can sponsor this project?
Consider this and get back at us as soon as possible. Finally, it is our
humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the
necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

Respectfully yours,
Mr. LAMA B. MALICK.



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