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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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031956130 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "mr.derek" <franksmiths@myway.com>
Reply-To: derekalexandra@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:38:45 -0500 (EST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY !!!!!


Greeting!Complement of the season!!My Name is Derek Alexandra, the Regional Manager ofUBS Investment Bank in London and would like to strikea business deal with you prior to your approval andconsideration. There was a Non Resident Account openedin my Branch and for the past 6 years, this accountwas dormant without operation and at the same timenobody has come to claim the account with its closingbalance of £35.7million.This has made be to trace thesource and origin of the funds and the beneficiarystarting since the year 2005 and today I have gatheredevery report confirming that the Beneficiary was a TopGovernment Official in his country and now have passedaway six years ago leaving no legal inheritanceinstructions on the account. The families have no ideathat such funds exist because the account was openedwith a different name in order to maintain the privacyof the account in question.On this note, this account will be converted into thebank treasury by the end of first
quarter of the yearif no one has come for the claiming of thefunds.Therefore,I come to you to know if you willendorse this offer so that I will present you as theNext of Kin to claim the funds while officialdocuments will be prepared to support our claims. Thisis a straight forward deal without any risk attached.Our sharing ratio will be 50:50 should incase if youare interested. Please forward me your directtelephone numbers for discussion of this offer infurther details or call me on +44 703 1956 130.Yours Sincerely,Derek Alexandra+44 703 1956 130

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