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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David Roy"<dhbyhj@myway.com>
Reply-To: mr.davidroy@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:55:03 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FULL TRUST


FROM: MR. DAVID ROYP.O.BOX 5038, 57 GREHAM,STREET,LONDON SW1H,

HELLO FRIEND,

IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT L12.500.000.00 {Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds} FROM OUR BANK. I HAVE THE COURAGE TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE TO HANDLE THIS IMPROTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTION BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE.

THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR.MORRIS THOMPSON WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY OUT OF 88 PEOPLE (83 passengers and five crew members) ON BOARD ALASKA AIRLINE FLIGHT 261.

You can view this website for verification http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

THE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DORMANT SINCE HE DIED AS HE HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT HIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT. I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREGNER, I KNOW THIS MASSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SUPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE,BUT BE ASSURED THAT THIS IS A REAL AND GENUINE BUSINESS.

I BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN IN THIS TRANSACTION, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIE BUSINESS YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH 40% OF THE TOTAL AMOUT, WHILE 60% WIL BE FOR ME AND PEOPLE INVOLVE. ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP YOUR CLAIM AS THE DECEASED NEXT OF KIN WILL BE PROVIDED AND THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM BREACH OF LAW.

IF YOU ARE INTRESTED PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY BY EMAIL FOR MORE DETAILS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATIONS.

Best RegardsMR.DAVID ROY

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