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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: cdcd <cd9020022@ldsliving.com>
Reply-To: ccdd9020021@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:45:44 +0100
Subject: Secretary To General Auditor


ATTENTION PLEASE,
I saw your name ( in our Central Computer among the list of unpaid
contractors,
inheritance next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that was originated from
Africa, Europe, Asia Plus Middle east, Americans ) among the list of
individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been located to our
Bank.
Your Long overdue Payment.

Your name appeared among the beneficiaries, who will receive a part-payment
of
your contractual sum of Ten million usd, which has been approved already for
months now. However, we received an email from one MR MICHAEL PANDELOS who
told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last
week. he has also submitted his Bank account info: for us to transfer the
fund
to him including his International passport, we need to confirm if you are
dead
or not, before we can make the transfer to him.
BANKING INFORMATION
MICHAEL PANDELOS Sr.
Account # 0001049713
%BANCO SABADELL,
Av. Alcalde Joaquin Vilumbrales
#1,28924 ALCORCON, MADRID, SPAIN

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary
Fund)
<http://www.imf.org/external/np/omd/bios/rrf.htm> failure
to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been
long overdue. Also send me your phone line, and rightful address, You are
adviced to reply immediately.

HON REST IN PEACE (RIP)
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Ahmed Hakoma (Jr)
Secretary To General Auditor

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