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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: "Ahmed Yusuf" <yusufbeshir@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:16:09 +0000
Subject: Hope to hear from you...



Dear Aanderud,


Compliment of the week.


I do not know you personally but I am writing you this email base on trust
and sincerity of my heart and absolute confidence that you will not let me
down or make me feel that you are not reliable to take up this transaction
in good faith and god-fearing heart, Please I plead that you should not be
disappointed with this email coming to you as an unsolictated mail but see
the fact and the reason why I have chosen to email you this personally
without any third party.

I was mandated by the Managing Director of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC .to
ascertain your interest and capability to co-operate with us in actualizing
this highly urgent project on repatriation of funds to your country.Are you
willing to be presented as the bonafide next of kin to Mr.JOHN ZUMMER a
crude oil merchant from Australia. After these several unsuccessful
attempts to trace any member of his immediate family hence I contact you. I
am contacting you to assist in repatriating the assets and Capital valued at
US$10.5million left behind by my client before it gets confiscated by the
bank where these huge deposits are. the Bank made concerted effort to
contact the immediate family in Australia in order to re-claim and transfer
the ownership of the fund. Unfortunately, the Bank discovered recently that
the immediate families of the depositor Mr. JOHN were also rastically
affected by the same Bomb Explosion while on holidays. Apparently,the fund
is now in full custody of the Bank.

After a very serious survey, I and the Director of the Bank decided to
repatriate this fund to a trust worthy and reliable overseas bank account
for high yield lnvestment portfolios. The modality of disbursing the fund
will be discussed fully with the Bank-Account owner/provider, which we are
offering you. All the documents establishing the deposit of the fund and
empowering you to be Next of Kin/Beneficiary of the fund will be perfectly
secured in your name if interested in helping secure the fund. Transfer of
this fund can be swiftly and successfully implemented within 14 bank working
days if you provide the necessary overseas infrastructure required to
realize the objective.Keep this confidential information strictly to
yourself because of my job. Be kind enough to confirm the receipt of this
message and reach me on for more clarification.

Awaiting your reply.

Yours Faithfully.

From Mr. Ahmed Yusuf.

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