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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: "mailoffice45@terra.es" <mailoffice45@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:26:06 +0100 (MET)
Subject: From Mr. Gilbert Karl


From Mr. Gilbert Karl

Dear Friend,
I sincerely hope that after you
read this mail you will respond to my call, let me start by introducing myself my name is Gilbert Karl. I am 70 years old, a British living in West Africa. I am a businessman and own two companies here in
Ouagadougou, married with two children. My wife and two children died in a car accident six years ago but before this happened my business and concern for making money was all I lived for I never really cared about other values in life but since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families.
I have been helping orphans in motherless homes, I have donated some money to orphans in
Sudan, America and some Asian countries. Before I became ill, I kept some money, Ten million,three hundred thousand dollars (US$10.3million) to be precise in a long term deposit account in a Bank.
Presently, I'm in a hospital my doctor told me I have prostate cancer that I have a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations. Because so much of my wealth has been plundered by relatives and friends since my illness, hence I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them since the money in the Bank is the last fund that I have left. Right now I am partially stranded in the hospital due to the nature of my sickness so I am appealing to you to help me collect the deposit from the Bank and distribute it amongst charity organizations.
I would want you to use your discretion to distribute the money and keep 20% of it for yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you might have incurred during the process of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations. May the good Lord bless you and your family. if you are interested to proceed with this project go ahead and forward the below information so that I will instruct you on how to proceed:
Your Full Names:
Your Direct
Telephone Number:
Your Fax:
Your
Occupation:
Your Nationality:
Your
Age:
Please reply to this email mrgilbertkarl@walla.com as I can only communicate through my laptop which is by my bed, as soon as I get the above listed information, I shall then give you the necessary information you need to collect this money.
God bless you.
Mr. Gilbert Karl.





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