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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.
  • doug-morris@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?us-ascii?Q?doug=20morris?= <dougmorris@seznam.cz>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:00:59 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?Business=20Trust?=

Dear sir,
I am contacting you to partner with me in respect of transfer of certain funds, which is being held in a floating account in my bank here in Europe. I am privileged to have full knowledge of the availability of this fund due to my function and position in the organization at present. I have to contact you because it is imperative for me to have the cooperation of a foreigner to be able to transfer the fund out of my country.My investigation proved the original depositor of the fund had died some years back and all attempts to reach the supposed beneficiary of the deposit were fruitless and before it is forfeited to the state, I decided to transfer it.

The total amount involved is Fifteen Million American Dollars. My name is Douglas Morris. I would give the details of the transfer process if I receive your response and am convinced that you are willing and dependable to carry out the transaction with me in absolute confidentiality. We have to establish mutual trust such that it will be glaring to both parties that we could work with open mind. When the fund is transferred to your account, your share would be 35% of the total sum while the rest part would be for me and I intend to invest the major part of my share in your country with your assistance.


I look forward to our working together in seeing this transaction come to a perfect and successful conclusion. For effective communication, please kindly include in your reply, your complete Names, Address, Occupation, Age and most especially your contact number and I will contact you as soon as I receive your reply.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kindly reply to:doug-morris@myway.com

Sincerely.
Douglas Morris.

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