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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: "devine mike" <devine2005_771@msn.com>
Reply-To: andrewillsons@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:40:07 +0000
Subject: BANK OF SCOTLAND TRUST LTD

BANK OF SCOTLAND TRUST LTD
EAGLE HOUSE 4 DON ROAD
ST HELIER JERSEY
JE4 8XU

ATT :AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I NEED YOU TO BE THE BENEFICIARY TO LATE MR STEVE WILKIE

I am mr andrew willson devine , I have decided to contact you with due
respect and honour for this business venture of mine, which i am applying
you and to program your name in our fixed deposit directories to our bank as
the beneficiary next of kin to late Mr Steve Wilkie, i contacted you do to
the interst i have in your product and my interest to open up a
manufacturing like yours through you as a partner, based on the mutual
understanding I know that can exist between us, having noticed from your
profile and website as an existing manufacturer that your bussines firm is
capable to handle such business. I am the relations account manager of (BANK
OF SCOTLAND LTD)united kingdom, The intended business is thus our bank has
approved the release of £5.5million pounds to the beneficiary to this
account, which I want you to forward your name for as the next of kin, and
as the only beneficiary to late Mr Steve Wilkie from (San Francisco)general
brand manager Levi Strauss company, the man in question lost his life in the
plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31
2000,You shall read more about the decieased on visiting this site which I
got during my investigation,
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

Now I want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as the same beneficiary and
forward a new account your address and other relevant documents to be use by
our bank to credit the fund in your account, now it has been approved to be
release, this is a golden Xmas opportunity to us, i have all the info to
this fund and have secured from our bank the agreement and deposit slip
which I will issue to you on trust and faith to read properly befor you
sending your contact information to our bank, The whole procedures will last
only 7 working days to get the fund credited in to your account in you
country, before they bank confisticate this fund into an escrow account
after one month of approval if no surviving relation or existing
beneficiary, Your utmost trust is only what i am waiting for as I have made
all necessary arrangements to move this fund directly to you through the
legal account you give to our bank. as soon as this message comes to you
kindly get back to me indicating your interest Then I will furnish you with
the whole procedures to ensure that this deal is successfully concluded.

As soon as the bank contact you with your information,you request for your
transfer immediately,and I shall resign immediately the fund is credited to
your account and have a better life with my own share, For your assistance i
have agreed to give you, (30%)of the total amount for being my reliable
partner, while the order (70%)remains for me due to the underground job i
have done here, also note that your complete address is needed before the
transaction your fax and phone number company or business name required. It
is 100% risk free and a mega fortune. All ! correspondence towards this
transaction will be through Phone Fax email forward your phone number
firstly for conversation,
I await your urgent call immediately you recieve this mail, your address and
phone contact to my email email for security reasons,

PRIVATE NUMBER !! +447031943380
DEFAULT REPLY TO!! andrewillsons@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks, Yours Sincerely
MR ANDREW WILSON DEVINE
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
&
RISK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
The information contained in this message
is confidential and may constitute inside or
non-public information.
If you are not the addressee, please promptly
delete this message and notify the sender
of the delivery error by email.

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