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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: "David Solomon" <davidsolomon11@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:10:02 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

My name is Mr. David Solomon
of credit and foreign bills of Ecobank Plc. I am writing in respect of a
foreign customer(Mr.Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his
life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on
January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more
about the crash on visiting this website.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html)

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has 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 usd.20.5 m, {Twenty Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars] which has been with my branch for a very
long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used
as the next of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the
banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than five years,
because money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this
period.
I will give you 40% of the total, Upon the receipt of your response, I will
not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that
you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can
be finalized within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a
relation to the deceased. When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an
e-mail to signifying your interest including your Full Name, Contact
addresss and private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication between us.
Respectfully submitted,
Mr. David Solomon

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