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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: Revjohn Miles <rev_johnmiles330@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:47:48 +1000 (EST)
Subject: THIS IS FOR YOU


Christ Church,
641 high road,
north finchley,
London.
Attn;Charlotte Notification of Bequest
On behalf of the Trustes and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Willy Bubenik, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter to you through the Post Office was returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you via your e-mail address . I wish to notify you that late Engr.Willy Bubenik made you a beneficiary to his will. He left the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars (US$750,000) to you in the codicil and last testament to his will.

Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Engr.Willy Bubenik until his death was a former managing director and pioneer staff of a giant construction company. He was a very devoted christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late Engr. Willy Bubenik died on the 9th day of February 2006 at the age of 82 years, and his Will is now ready for execution.
According to him this money is to support your personal endeavours and to help the poor and the needy. Please If I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavour to get back to me as soon as possible to enable the immediate execution of your portion of the bequest to enable earlier disbursment by the Paying Bank. You should foward along your telephone and fax numbers including a proof to confirm your identity as the beneficiary in question and your current mailing address if different from the above. Proof of Identity should be either International passport or drivers License.
I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

Yours in his service,
REV. FR. JOHN MILES,
PARISH PRIEST.



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