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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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  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Henry Coleman" <henkolle630@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hen_colemann@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:45:30 +0000
Subject: Your Deceased Relative.

Dear Friend,

I have not considered this medium to be the best manner to have approached
you on this issue being that the internet has been greatly abused over the
recent years and is very unsecured for informations of vital importance. I
have decided to take the chance seeing that no other means could have been
faster and more efficient than the E-mail.

The name is Mr. Henry Coleman and I am the director of foreign operations of
my Bank. I have been incharge of this department for six years and to best
of my knowleage have discharge my duty with equity. I had a foreign client
who is deceased as at this time, but have assets still unclaimed with the
bank.

In the process of review of the financial report by my department, I
discovered that both of you have a similar last name, hence I contacted you
so that I can give you further briefing on my intention and how to disburse
the estate he left behind.

I will most welcome your prompt response as that would enable us to start
something immediately.

Sincerely,

Henry Coleman.

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