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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Steven Dan" <stevendan03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stevendan206@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:53:12 +0000
Subject: Attention: Very Urgent.

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Steven Dan, a Regional Supervisor with SECURITY AND FINANCE CO. in
Amsterdam, Holland. We had a foreign client (name with held) who deposited a
huge sum of money (US$25million dollars) with our security Company.

Eventually, this client was among the victims of EGYPT AIR BOEING 767 FLIGHT
NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in U.S.A but, since then we have not
had any body coming for the claims as the next of kin. A situation I have
monitored closely with my position in the Company. Now, having monitored
this deposit and managed it over the years before his death, and hence
nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past four year plus, I have
removed the file to my private save.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every
other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a
foreigner to enable me move the fund to his account. I will need your
private telephone and fax numbers and your full name and address, company or
residential so that I can computerize them to tally with the next of kin
column in the certificate of deposit. This does not have any risk attached
to it as all the internal documentations will be handled by me.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I
will furnish you with details. Lastly for the immediate take off of this
transaction you have to confirm your willingness and readiness to assist me
retrieve this deposit. Please for your assistance in this transaction you
will be entitled to 30% percent of the total sum and 10% percent will cover
all the expenses incurred in the process of the transaction. I look forward
to hearing from you. Contact me with my personal
E-mail: stevendan205@o2.pl

Best Regards
Steven Dan.

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