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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: "Lyle Gibson" <lylegibson53@msn.com>
Reply-To: lylegibson50@uk2.net
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:02 +0000
Subject: Re: Kindly send the requested information

Dear Friend,

Good day to you. I may have to trouble your sense of personal achievement
and reward for an opportunity which could properly be taken advantage of. I
work for First consolidated Bv, a financial institution here in Europe as a
relationship officer. A client of mine whose name I will divulge after your
response though now deceased had a fixed time deposit with my firm which had
matured and remains unclaimed till now. It runs into the value of
€6,300,000.00 (six million three hundred thousand euro).


What I require of you is to stand as the beneficiary to this fund; this
would be easy as this mail is sent to you based on your name identity, so
you are either a distant relation to the deceased or faith is smiling your
way. All machinery would be put in place to ensure that this is claims is
hitch free, I have a reputation to consider in this, hence you would have to
follow my instruction and guidance religiously as we cannot afford to make
any mistake in this process. When you have safely secured same and moved the
funds to your given account, I shall then advice on how best you can remit
my own quota of the fund. Meanwhile I cannot invest in my country hence I
would need your tutelage in investing in your country.

If you are capable of putting your time and efforts towards the venture
kindly contact me immediately.

Have a very wonderful day.

Yours truly,

Lyle Gibson

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