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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: "Edwin Jerry" <e_jerry@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:03:04 +0000
Subject: ASSIST



Dear Partner,

I came across your e-mail address on the chambers of
commerce and
industries and i felt that you can be of assistance to
me.

I want to transfer out £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen
Million Pounds
Sterling) from our bank here, I have the courage to
contact you for this important transaction, believing
that you will never let me down either now or in
future.

I am Mr.Edwin Jerry the auditor and head of
computing department of our bank here in London,United
Kingdom. There is an account opened in this bank in
1995 and since my inception into office in 2001,
nobody has operated on this account again, after going
through some old files, I discovered that if i do not
remit this money out urgently, it will
be forfeited for nothing.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money can not be
approved to any local bank here in London, but can
only be approved
to any foreign account because the money is pounds
sterlings and the former owner of the account was MR. Morris Thompson
and he was a foreigner too.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during this process.

Send me as a matter of urgency for onward processing
of the transfer

documents in your favour,

Your Private Tele & Fax

Numbers, Account

Number, Account Name,

Your Bank Name & Address,Your

International Passport,

Your Occupation & Date Of
Birth.

I await to receive your details, so that we can start

the tranfer process.

Sincerely,

Mr.Edwin Jerry,

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