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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: "Abn Amro bank" <info_depts_abnamrobank@msn.com>
Reply-To: ryan_f_vandam@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:15:49 +0000
Subject: Hello!

Good day!

Upon special auditing panel set-up by the Boards of directors of my bank
ABN-AMRO BANK LTD (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) to investigate all credit
account operated by it costumers, that has been in operation for the last
five (5) years. I discover a credit account with A/C N0: NL85ABNA6008341843
floating with a huge funds amounting to(7,467,000.00 Euros.

On further trace I came across the file and found out that the true owner
of this funds is Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German who was a property magnate
unfortunately lost his life, including his wife and their daughter in the
plane crash (German Concorde Flight AF4590) which crashed on July 31st 2000
killing all 109 people on board.

For more information visit the web link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I have been monitoring this account ever since I discovered this
information and found out that no
body has ever came on behalf of the Late Mr. Andreas Schranner as is next of
kin for this fund.
I am contacting you as a reliable partner to execute this transaction with
me. Upon your acceptance, I will provide you with his account file
information’s and documents of deposit of the account and a text of
application you will submit to the bank and I will then instruct you on how
to claim as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas Schranner, so that the
funds could be transfer to your overseas A/C, without any question arising
from the bank.

And for your information, the transfer payment to apply for as the next of
kin should be Two Million Five Hundred Thousand And Fifty Five Euros
(2.5,000,055.00 Euros). As soon as you confirm your interest and
co-operation with me, I will give you guidelines on how you can transact
with the bank for the approval of the funds to your A/C.
For more details reply to my personal mailbox: ryan_f_vandam@hotmail.fr,
ryan_f_vandam@hotmail.it

Regards
Ryan F. Van Dam
Auditor (Abn-Amro Bank)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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