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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Harrison Hayford" <ubs_investmentbank09@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: ubsauditcompliance@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:42:55 +0000
Subject: Treat Urgent and Private


Dear Friend,


Good day to you, I am Mr. Harrison Hayford, Director Head of Audit and
Compliance, UBS Investment Bank UK. On 22nd of August 2005 a client named
Mr. Robert MacLeod, deposited the sum of (4.7 Million GBP) with us,
unfortunately he was shot to death in his car the very day he deposited this
said fund base on the information we guarded from the police detective
report who brought back to us the payment documents and since then the
account have been dominant and is a petty the depositor didn't appoint any
next of kin in his official paper work and now the top management officials
of the Bank are planning to impost the fund.


Base on the above, the idea of presenting you is a foreigner to stand-in as
the depositor Legatee came into my mind and honestly speaking there is
nothing like risk in this deal even now or in future, meanwhile as the head
of audit and compliance of the Bank I will make sure everything work
perfectly as planed and for the rule you will play to enable me achieve my
aim and goal, I have made up my mind to offer 30% from the total amount, 10%
mapped out for expenses while the balance of 60% is for me. Kindly furnish
me with the information's bellow for my urgent action, as to enable me
compose a letter of claim, which I will submit to the Bank in your name.



(1) Full Names....................................

(2) Present Contact Address.......................

(3) Telephone Number..............................

(4) Occupation....................................

(5) Marital Status................................



Thanks for your understanding and have a wonderful day.


Best Regards,
Mr. Harrison Hayford

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