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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: "suleman bako" <suleman4114@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: suleman4112@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:22:43 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL(union bank)England

DEAR BELOVED,

A foreigner, late Engr. Mohamed Kamal Yasser, an Oil Merchant, until his
death some years ago, banked with us here at Union Bank Plc,ENGLAND, and had
a closing balance of $8,000,000.00(Eight Million United States Dollars)which
the bank now unquestionably expects to be claimed by any of his available
foreign next of kin.Engr. Mohamed Kamal Yasser, died in the plane crash of
31 October 1999[with Egyptian 990] with other passengers aboard as you can
confirm it
yourself via the website below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Fervent valuable efforts are being made by the Union Bank Plc to get in
touch with any of the late Engr. Engr. Mohamed Kamal Yasser's family or
relatives but all have proved to no avail. It is because of the perceived
possibility of not going to be able to locate any of late Engr. Mohamed
Kamal Yasser`s next of kin (he had no wife and children) the management
under the influence of our Chairman, board of directors, an arrangement for
the fund to be declared "UNCLAIMABLE"

Myself and some of my trusted colleague in the bank now seek for your
permission to have you stand as late Engr. Mohamed Kamal Yasser's next of
kin so that the fund, Eight Million United States Dollars($8,000,000.00)
would be subsequently transferred and paid you as the beneficiary next of
kin. All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out and we are assuring you of 100% risk free involvement. Your share
would be 30% of the total amount.

while the rest would be for myself and my colleagues for investment purposes
in your country. If this proposal is OK. by you and you do not wish to take
advantage of the trust I hope to bestow on you, then kindly send to me the
following;

1.YOUR FULL NAMES
2.YOUR CONTACTS ADDRESS
3.YOUR FULL DETAIL BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION
(where the money will be transfered)
4.YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

AS SOON AS I GET ALL THIS I WILL USE THEM TO FILE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE
FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT THROUGH A LAWYER HERE IN ENGLAND WHO WILL HELP US GET
ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND THE FUNDS TRANSFERED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
FOR OUR MUTAUL BENEFITS

Please you can only contact me on me Private mail box as stated above or
call my Phone number +44-703-190-7518.
I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU.

REGARDS,

SULEMAN BAKO

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