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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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Some comments about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "DONALD PASINO" <sikora@worldmanagementservices.biz>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:27:52 +0000
Subject: SKY BIRD SECURITIES URGENT PROPOSAL




FROM THE DESK OF.THE ADMINISTRATIVE
MANAGER Mr. DONALD PASINO


CONFIDENTIAL,
My name is Mr. DONALD PASINO. I am the Administrative manager of sky bird securities and courier united kingdom . I write you this proposal in good faith. I am 42 years old married with two lovely kids. I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace.I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the admin manager of the security company it is my duty to send in a report to my superiors at the end of each year. On the course of the last year 2005 business report, I discovered that my company in which I am the manager made five million eight hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars ($5,850,000.00) which my head office is not aware of and will never be
aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call diplomatic luggage with
no beneficiary.The diplomatic luggage is meant to be a special parcel that
will be transfered to a different country. Since our company is a security and
courier organization, it will be simple to transfer from my company to you as
the depositor, which i can prepare all paper work for this subject. As an officer of this company I cannot be directly connected to this parcel, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this parcel in your name and get 20% of the total funds as commission. There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, it will be simply a courier transfer,and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these fund, with my company so that my superiors can order the transfer to your designated country in a few working days.
If you accept my propsal I will appreciate it very much as you are the
first and the only person I am contacting for this transaction. My private
mail is donald_pasino@uk2.net send me a mail as soon as you
receive this message. So that we can go over to the details.Thanking you in anticipation
May God bless you and your family.
Yours truly
Mr.DONALD PASINO.

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