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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: "philip williams" <philipwilliams7@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:19:45 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY SIR, MADAM.

SPANISH ASALUM REFUGEE CAMP.
URGENT RESPONSE FOR BUSINESS TRANSFER
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT / C.E.O.

Please I will like you to contact me through my alternative
Email-address(philipwilliam20002005@yahoo.com)

Dear Madam;

My name is Philip Williams, the first son of the late James Williams. I am
19years old on the 15th December 2005; my father J.Williams is a great
farmer in Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise for you to receive this letter
from me and most especially where I got your contact address. I got your
contact information from through Global Trade Agent under the British
Chamber of Commerce and Industrial.

During the current crisis against the farmers in Zimbabwe by the supporters
of President Robert Mugabe to claim all white owned farms in the country, he
ordered all white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and
his supporters, my father was one of the white farmers and opposed the
president actions towards the white farms.

My father was at the same time killed on the process of fighting back the
invaders. After two months I lost my mother and the president gave order to
confiscate all our properties including the farmland. After the incident,
my younger brother and I decided to move out of Zimbabwe to Spanish for the
safety of our lives.

My late father told me when I was on his bedside about a finance company, in
which all the relevant documents (depository agreement) was handed over to
me by him to go ahead and transfer this money out of the country for
investment.

The total amount is US$14.2million (fourteen million two hundred thousand
United States Dollars) was lodged into the HSBC Pivate bank Madrid
Spain(private banking) in Spain. Due to our president status in Spain and
the nature by which we entered Spain we do not have the right to operate or
maintain a foreign dominated account as refugees. For your kindness I agree
to give you 30%, 10% is set aside for expenses incur during the process of
this transaction. Please I need your advice as an elderly person.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,
give me your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and location where in the money will be remitted. This
transaction is 100% risk free.

Best regards,
Philip Williams.

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