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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • billmansel1960@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bill Mansel" <billmanseljhb20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: billmanseljhbsa@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:16:56 +0000
Subject: Important please read

Greetings to you and your family,

First I must apologies for intruding into your private email address: Knowing the fact that we do not know or have meet each other. I want you to read through my letter with great zeal to participate in this opportunity and I promise you that you will not regret your involvement.

My name is Bill Mansel a business consultant in South Africa; I am currently representing a member of the Restore UK; a central agency established by the British banking Association (BBA) to handle claims relating to dormant bank accounts under World War II legislation in the United Kingdom. For more information check www.restoreuk.org.uk

A dormant account with the sum of Twenty Six Million, Four Hundred thousand United States Dollars ($26.4M); with accumulated interest was discovered by my client; a member of the Restore UK. Hence, my client confided in me to look for a nuetral foreign partner like yourself in your country that can receive the above mentioned funds in is bank account.

My client heads a prominent position at Restore UK; Hence, the claims and transfer of the funds in question to your bank account will be achieved legally, with no risk and under a fast track. If you are willing and interested to partner and assist us in this opportunity, please reply to this email address: billmansel1960@yahoo.co.uk stating your true interest and I shall furnish you with more details on the proposal and what you shall benefit in receiving the funds in your bank account.

Best regards

Bill Mansel

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