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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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  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: "MIKE ROGA" <mikeroga001@msn.com>
Reply-To: mikeroga001@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:30:02 +0000
Subject: How are you and your family?

Good day,

How are you and your family? Hope all is well,I want to know if you will
help to assist and cooperate to act as the relative to one late Andreas
Schranner's (a German national) whose money has been in suspense account in
our bank - EcoBank - He aboard the AF4590 plane with the hole family,
magnate Andreas Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea
Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina 8, and
Maximilian 10, all perished in that clash, which crashed Monday, 31 July
2000 into the Hotelissimo. Please, visit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

As a result of this, the Board of Directors are about to place the fund
as"UNCLAIMAMBLE"and it has been decided that the funds shall be shared among
themselves. In order to prevent this, I and two of my colleagues now seek
your assistance to have you stand in as the beneficiary's next of kin. All
documents to enable you claim this fund will be carefully obtained from the
federal high court of justice.

This Proposal is 100% risk free on your side and our side, because we will
obtain a court ruling order that you are the true beneficiary's next of kin,
because I am his account officer, If you are interested and capable to
assist, please do feel free to contact me immediately and send your
telephone and your postal address for more clarifications, if you are
interested or not, please keep it to your self alone, to avoid fraudsters
intervention in this project.

Looking forward to your positive response.

Regards,
Mr.Mike Roga

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