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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "you will be given 30%" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Elvis Spence" <elvisspencejp_0052@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: elvisspence1@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:22:27 -0800
Subject: RE: TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF X10M.

RE: TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF £10M.

Dear Sir/Ma,

I Need your Assistance to transfer to overseas £10,000.000.00 (Ten million
Great Britain Pounds) from a Prime Bank here in UK, I am seeking a reliable
and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing
bank account or set up a new Bank account to receive this fund, even an
empty account can serve this purpose, or you help to seek an honest and,
reliable businessman who can assist us.

I am Elvis Spence an accountant in the Prime Bank of UK, during the course
of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in a domiciliary account opened
in the bank in 2000 and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account,
after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the
owner of the account who is a foreigner died without any traceable next of
kin hence the dormant nature of the account and if I do not remit this money
out urgently it will be rechanneled into the bank's reserve.

I suggest we start the first transfer with Five million Pounds [£5,000.000]
and upon the successful transfer of the first £5million without hitches or
disappointment from you I shall re-apply for the remittance of the balance
of the fund to your nominated account.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved for a local account here and I am not supposed to be in possession
of such amount of Pounds, but the fund can only be approved to any foreigner
or into a foreign account.

I suggest we meet face to face to get acquainted, as the fund in question is
a large one before we commence with transfer. I need your full cooperation
to make this work fine, as I will use my office to see that the transaction
is hitch free and I will use my office to ensure that this transaction is
accomplished.

Should this meet your interest, do get back to me with you contact details
so that I will have you briefed more about this transaction.

On the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 65% will be for me while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of this transaction.

Best regards
Elvis Spence

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