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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: "KIETA EDDY" <kietaed@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kietaeddy@eriga.lv
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:26:07 +0000
Subject: RE:CONFIRMATION.

270 VAN OSTADESTRAAT
1073TV
AMSTERDAM.

I am Mr. Kieta Eddy a citizen of the Netherlands and I am 43years of age. I
am
married with three kids; I work with Interdiplomatic Security B. V.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
I am the accounting officer of Mr. Nelson Owen who died on the recent
bomb blast which occurred in London on the 7th of July 2005.
Mr. Nelson Owen who is our Client with Deposit number IDS 467699 has
left the sum of Two Million one Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars
(US$2,120.000.00) with instruction to deposit with the Treasure s Bank in
his name,
this Amount is yet to be credited in his favour before he died on the recent
bomb blast in London.
I want to solicit your assistance to furnish me with all the necessary
information that will enable us
make you the next of kin to the amount while you shall receive 40% of the
fund I and my colleague
will have 60%.If you are interested in this transaction please fill the
requested personal data below and return back to me to enable me open an
online account on your behalf.
PERSONAL DATA
Title:
First Name:
Last Name
Company Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Telephone:
Fax:
Email:
Address
Date of Birth:
Nationality:
Next of Kin:
Occupation:
Income Range
The court affidavit and change of beneficiary and all relevant
information will be given to you, when you contact me on my private
email address as stated above. Let me seize this opportunity to inform you
that no risk is attach.
Treat with utmost confidentiality.
Yours sincerely,
Kieta Eddy.

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