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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: "Mitchell Graham" <mgra_000000000@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mgra_12a1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:30:55 -0400
Subject: FROM HSBC BANK LONDON,TRANFER OF FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT

FROM HSBC BANK LONDON,TRANFER OF FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT


Dear Good Friend

I am Mr.MITCHELL GRAHAM, A Bank Official with HSBC BANK PLC PEEK HOUSE 20
EASTCHEAP LONDON EC3M1ED, I have urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you. An Oil consultant/contractor with the British Petroleum
Corp. made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months,
valued at 150m Pounds in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, i
sent a reminder and finally i discovered from his contract employers that
the consultant died from an automobile accident, and all attempts to trace
his next of kin was fruitless,I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that the consultant did not declare any kin or relations in all
his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.

This sum of 150m Pounds is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one
will ever come forward to claim it,as i am contacting you to stand as the
next of kin of this Man.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 65%
for me and 35% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for
this transaction will be done by me and my position as the Bank Official
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested.

Thanks and regards.

MR.MITCHELL GRAHAM

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