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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: "peter martins" <tundelemo1960@msn.com>
Reply-To: pmartins@sify.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:39:33 +0000
Subject: Please Respond

I am Peter Martins,a private Mortgage broker of Prominent Financial Services
Ltd 1650, middlesex U.K. I happen to have managed a particular account for
a Resident Foreigner,here in the United Kingdom,who died Intestate, leaving
in our care a sizable amount of money in a domiciliary Investment Account.

For some reason this client does not have an easily identifiable
next of Kin and I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients
relatives; immediate and extended, this has proved unsuccessful,hence, I am
contacting you. I need your assistance in securing the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Finance House here in the United Kingdom.

The Finance House has already issued a Government Mandatory formality
notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated and this
should expire within a month.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any
of his relatives for over two years and convinced that no one is coming up
and having satisfied the mandatory legal requirement of Beneficiary/next of
kin Notification, I now seek a Reliable and Trustworthy person,with your
consent and perfect understanding, to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account,can be paid into an account to
be provided by you(preferably) outside the United Kingdom Financial
Institutions or its Isles), as the perceived Next Of Kin Legally and
Otherwise.


All I require is your honest cooperation and confidence in me; which
I know would not come easy. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate background that will protect you from any breach of the law. I
would advise that you give this positive consideration and get back to me
soon. I'll be flexible and considerate in the percentage share that will be
given to you for your assistance.


Upon receipt of your response I'll furnish you with furhter details.




Regards,


Peter Martins.

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