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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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  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "william_sm021@terra.es" <william_sm021@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:19:26 +0100 (MET)
Subject: It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity.


My Dearest,

Greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God. This mail might come
to you as a surprise and the emptation to ignore it as unserious could
come into your mind,but please, consider it as a divine wish and accept
it with a deep sense of humility. My name is MR WILLIAM SMITH I'm a 49
years old man,living in Dubai (United Arab Emirate),Though an American.

I was a merchant and i owned two businesses in Dubai. I was also
married, with two children. My wife and my two children died in a
september
11,plane bomb blast that happen in USA 5 years ago.

Before this happened my business and my concern for making money was
all my interest as A living man. I never really cared about other
values
in life. But since i lost of my family, I have found a new desire to
assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/
motherless homes. I have donated some money to orphans in Sudan, South
Africa,cameroon,Brazil, Spain, Austria,Germany and some Asian
countries.
Before I became ill, I kept $ 12.5 Millionin a long-term deposit
account in a SECURITY/FINANCE COMPANY.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
oesophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my Doctors
have told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish
to see this money distributed to charity organizations. Because
relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my
illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them.Please, I beg you in the name of God to
help me
collect the deposit and the interest accrued from the company and
distribute
it amongst charity homes and poor & needy in your country.

Use your judgement to distribute the money and feel free to reimburse
yourself when you have the money for any cost you incure during the
process of collecting and distributing the money to Hurricane Katrina
victims in USA ,Charity organisations,and motherless babies homes.

I'm willing to offer you a reward If you are willing to help, please
reply as soon as you can to my email May the good Lord bless you and
your
family.

Regards,

MR WILLIAM SMITH.






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