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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: "DEZI DAN" <dezidan@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dezidan2005@k.ro
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:53:46 +0000
Subject: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

FINANCIAL TRUST BANK PLC.
NO: 17 COLE STREET,
VICTORIA - ISLAND
LAGOS - NIGERIA
dezidan2005@k.ro
Dear Friend,
In appreciation of your esteemed contact received through a reliable
source and the choice of your country I wish to introduce myself,
My name is DEZI DANIELS a staff in my bank. I have this urgent deal
to transact with you if you can do it. There is an unclaimed deposited
fund of $15 Million in the name of Smith Shaw with no traceable
address.
This fund has stayed over 10years in the bank without a claimant.
Professionally, any unclaimed money for a period exceeding 10 years is
recovered by the bank.
I being in the position of the file wants any foreign partner to assume
the next of kin of the late Smith Shaw and write to the Financial Trust
Bank for claims.
I will advice you adequately on how to do it when I hear
from you.
Bear in mind that I will stand as a neutral body to the whole
transaction. You will only be dealing with any attorney we choose.
Your compensation has been taken into consideration as the claimant
of the fund. To be precise, your share is 20% of the Total amount. Any
financial assistance we receive from you will be re-imbursed
immediately the fund gets into your custody.
I am willing to give you the details of the money and the way we can
execute the deal successfully but let me see the desire from you first.
DEZI DANIELS
PLEASE REPLY TO;
dezidan2005@k.ro
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR URGENT AND FAVOURABLE RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY
APPRECIATED.
Note: "The information contained in this message may be privileged and
confidential and protected from disclosure.If the reader of this message is
not the intended recipient,or an employee or agent responsible for
delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
that any dissemination, distribution or copying of
this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
communication in error, please notify the Sender immediately by replying to
the message and deleting it from your computer. FINANCIAL TRUST BANK PLC.
Thank you."

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