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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: "saeed ahmed" <saeed_ahmed78@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:03:02 +0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT

DEAR JUSTIN,

GOOD DAY TO YOU AND ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMAIL AND ALSO FOR WHAT
ACCORDING TO YOU IS A MAJOR QUESTION. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM FROM
DUBAI IN THE U.A.E LIKE I HAVE SAID BEFORE I AM NOT A MALE CAUCASIAN AS YOU
MAY THINK AND OF COURSE BEING BROUGHT UP IN EUROPE DOES NOT MAKE ME EUROPEAN
OR WHITE. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MANY ARABS AND INFACT PERSIANS, JEWS
AND PEOPLE AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST/GULF LOOK LIKE AS LOOK IN TERMS OF
PHYSICAL FEATURES OR ATTRIBUTES.

I WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT I
AM NOT CONCERNED REALLY IF YOU ARE RICH OR NOT BUT WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT
MORE IS ABOUT YOU CLAIMING THIS LAST FUNDS OF MINE FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY
IN LONDON AND HELPING ME FULFILL MY LAST WISH ON EARTH BEFORE I DIE. I ALSO
WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST PAYING MONEY WHEN THE TIME COMES TO A
TOTAL STARNGER BUT RATHER IF YOU DO STILL WISH TO HELP ME, YOU WOULD BE
PAYING THE CHARGES OF THE SECURITY COMPANY AFTER THEY HAVE ASKED YOU FOR THE
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WHICH I HAVE. I HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO
PROVE THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY GIVEN YOU THE LEGAL RIGHT TO CLAIM THE 2 BOXES
FROM THE COMPANY AND MOREOVER YOU CAN CHOOSE TO TRAVEL TO LONDON TO INSPECT
THE BOXES BEFORE YOU MAKE THE PAYMENT IF YOU LIKE.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU CONTACT THE SECURITY
COMPANY WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU, YOU MUST NOT TELL THEM
THAT THE 2 BOXES CONTAINS MONEY BUT RATHER YOU MUST TELL THEM THAT THE BOXES
CONTAINS PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS AS I DEPOSITED THE 2 BOXES WITH THE COMPANY
AS PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS BECAUSE AS AN ARAB IF THEY KNOW THE BOXES CONTAINS
THIS KIND OF AMOUNT, THEY MIGHT THINK THE MONEY IS FOR INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM AND MIGHT SEIZE THE MONEY AND THAT IS WHY I DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN
THE 2 BOXES AS PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS AND SENT TO THEM VIA DIPLOMATIC MEANS.
I AWAIT YOUR VERY IMPORTANT RESPONSE ON THIS ISSUE.

SAEED AHMED.

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