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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: "HOUSE " <barker_bridge@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:13:25 -0400
Subject: BRIDGE

STANDARD BANK LONDON 5TH FLOOR CANNON BRIDGE HOUSE 25 DOWGATE HILL LONDON
EC4R 2SB UNITED KINDOM. GOOD DAY TO YOU, MY NAME IS MR.WILLIAMS M BAKER,
WORKING WITH THE MINING FINANCE DEPT. WITH STANDARD BANK LONDON. WE HAD A
FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DEPOSITED A HUGE SUM OF MONEY WITH OUR BANK, WHO LATER
DIED AS A RESULT OF PLANE CRASH IN 1999. BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE TRANSFERED THE
SUM OF US$26.5M (TWENTY-SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED SATES
DOLLARS) TO A BANK IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER,
I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL
HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF US$26.5M
(TWENTY-SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH HAS
BEEN WITH THE BANK IN HOLLAND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED
TO SEEK FOR WHOSE NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN AS NO ONE HAS COME
UP TO BE THE NEXT OF KIN. IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY
COUNTRY`S FOREIGN TRADE MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVINCED BY PROVIDENCE THAT YOU
COULD BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN. THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF
KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A
FOREIGNER AND YOU SHARE THE SAME SURNAME AND SOMEBODY IN LONDON CANNOT STAND
AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO OUR LATE CUSTOMER I AGREED THAT US$5 MILLION OF THIS
MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER FOR PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, WHILE
THE REST WILL BE FOR ME, THEREAFTER, I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR
DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT. THEREFORE, TO FACILITATE THE
IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY
FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION TO THE DECEASED INDICATING YOUR PRIVATE
TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE
THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED. UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU
BY FAX OR E-MAIL THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE. I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR
NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH-FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN
ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER.
YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL OR CALL ME ON MY
NYMBER +.44-704-012-2741
Email willaimbarker@netscape.net
TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOU'RE RESPECTFULLY, WILLIAMS BAKER

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