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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +448703835285 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. dr paul Sylvester" <drpaulsylvster05@msn.com>
Reply-To: revdrpaul@nyc.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:24:16 +0000
Subject: REMAIN BLESSED IN THE LORD

Mount Carmel Catholic Church
75 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4HA
England.
Tel/Fax:+44-8703835285

ATTN : Sir,
On behalf of the trustees and executor to the Will of late Sir. Dennis
Thatcher Estates. I wish to notify you that late Sir. Dennis Thatcher made
you a beneficiary to his will. He left the sum of
Eight Million five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling (8.5,000.000.00 BPS) to
you in the Codicil and Last Testament to his will. This may sound strange
and believable to you,but it is real and true. Being a widely travelled
man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were
nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad that wished you
good.

Sir. Dennis, passed away peacefully in the Lister Hospital London after a
brief illness at the Age of 88 years. He was born on May 10 1915; Died June
26 2003. Although he had enjoyed success as a
millionaire businessman,Sir Dennis' Public fame owed most to his marriage
to Margaret Thatcher the
former British prime Minister. In a tribute to him at a news Conference with
Russian President Vladimir Putin, British prime Minister Tony Blair said:
"Sir Denis was a kind and generous-hearted man, a real gentleman who had
many friends here and abroad.

Until death he was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. He was
also a member of several non-governmental organizations, hisgreat
philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his lifetime. He is survived
by his wife Margret, and twins Mark & Carol Thatcher and also two
grandchildren. According to him this money is to support your activities and
to help the poor and less privileged. Please if I reach you as I am
hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable the
attorney executing the Will conclude his job. You should forward along your
telephone and fax numbers including your present mailing address. Looking
forward hearing from you in no distant time. Remain Blessed.

Yours in Christ
Most Rev.Dr.Paul sylvester

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