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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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: chow li wai <choi_wai5@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: chow_wai7@myway.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:55:50 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Friend,I am Mr. Li Chow Wai, Credit Officer Bank Of East Asia (BEA) Hong Kong. I have a sincere and very confidential business proposition for youOn October 6th 1999, a British Consultant / Contractor with the ChineseMinistry of Agriculture, Mr. David Woodbin made a (Fixed) Deposit forTwelve calendar months, valued at US$43,600,000.00 (Forty Three Million six Hundred United State Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply




- chow li wai

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