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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: "Abdulla Al- Hadiye" <abdulla25@gawab.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 06:42:25 -0700
Subject: Thanks for your immediate reply

From the desk of :
Engr. Abdulla Al-Hadiye
IT-Manager
First Union Securities London.

Dear Sir,

My names are Engr. Abdulla Al-Hadiye, an IT manager in First Union Securities London. One late
Engineer Richard Brown, a foreigner and an oil Merchant until his death two years ago, deposited
with us here at First Union Securities London, The sum of (Eleven Million five Hundred Thousand
Pounds) which the company now unquestionably expects to be claimed by anyone who could come
up with the security pin code. or alternatively be donated to a charity organization. Fervent valuable
efforts are being made by the company to get in touch with any of the Brown's family or relatives
but all have proved to no avail. It is because of the perceived possibility of not going to be able to
locate any of late Engr. Richard Brown's next of kin (he had no known wife and children). Now the
management under the influence of our chairman, Board of Directors: Dr Eric Johnson, that an
arrangement for the fund to be declared & quot;UNCLAIMABLE and then be subsequently donated
to any charity organization.

Myself and some of my trusted colleagues in the company now seek for your permission to have you
stand as late Engr.Richard Brown's next of kin so that the funds would be subsequently be delivered
to you. All documents and proves such as the security pin code to enable you get this fund have
been carefully worked out and we are assuring you a 100% risk free involvement.Your share would
be 20% of the total amount. 5% for expenses while the rest would be for me and my colleagues.
If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take advantage of the trust we hope to
bestow on you, then kindly get to me immediately via email or my private number 447024075379.
So that I can forward to you the relevant details of this transaction.

Warmest regards

Engr. Abdulla Al-Hadiye
IT-Manager
First Union Securities London.

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