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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: "CAPT. MIKE C. EDWARD" <mrrato5@mail.mn>
Reply-To: mike_edward12110@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:26:16 -0700
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.


IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary
general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit, to
investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund, recommended and
approved in your favour.During the course of our investigation, we
discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by
corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your money into their
private accounts, to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized
in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD this will
enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we will handle this
payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials
of the bank.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the
presidency.we are happy to inform you that based on our
recommendation/instructions your Entire Inheritances fund has been credited
in your favor through ATM card. You are therefore advice to send your
contact details to REV JOSEPH JIM International Audit unit, United Nations
Liaison Office London: EMAIL: revjosephjim@live.com to collect your original
payment slip with your ATM card.

They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in any
ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand
dollars per a day. So if you like to receive your funds through this means
kindly let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the
following information as stated below to them as directed above.

1. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER,
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
4. HOME EQUITY {YES OR NO}.
5. YOUR FULL NAME.

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV JOSEPH JIM WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT
DETAILS.AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $8.3 MILLION
THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE. We expect your urgent response
to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively thereby making
contact with Rev. Joseph Jim as directed to avoid Further.

CONGRATULATIONS.
CAPT. MIKE C. EDWARD
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK

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