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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: Nedal <neda6002@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:55:09 +0100
Subject: Stay in touch

Peace be with you,

Sorry for contacting you in this manner.I am presently hospitalised in Bahrain for Squamous cell
Carcinoma(Cancer of the throat).I discovered your contact information by accident through a search
engine while trying to locate a long lost friend.I felt you might be interested in assisting me in completing a
task that is of utmost importance.Due to the terminal state of my illness i have a short time to live and i
have a cash deposit of twenty million U.S dollars in a deposit company in Europe whose maturation date
will soon expire and has to be urgently retrieved.

I have no legal heir and the behaviour of my extended family members in recent times made me loose my
trust on them.what the situation requires is that i nominate a claimant to this deposit which nobody else
knows about for now.i have a contact in the deposit company who will faciltate the process of retrieving
the deposit and transfer of the funds.I have no use for money for myself anymore,so i would like you to
disburse 70% of the fund to charity organisations and 25% for your efforts after completing the process
and the rest 5% for my contact in the deposit company who will faciltate the hitch-free completion of the
process.

This is totally legal and safe as you will see, it only requires absolute trust, transparency. And also
confidentiality due to the large amount involved.I am sure you can understand that the need for absolute
confidentiality cannot be overstressed.All i require from you is sincerity and dedication.

If you can do this just send a reply through this email address for further details.


Yours Sincerely,
Nedal

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