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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: DR.MonaL Al Rashdi <monal_al@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:14:04 -0700
Subject: Trusting to hear from you immediately


FROM:DR.MONAL Al RASHDI
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
BAR CLAYS BANK (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES),

Dear friend

I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise. I got your contact =
address from the Internet when I was searching for a business partner.My name =
is DR .Mona Al Rashdi. I am the Bill and Exchange Manager of Barclay's bank =
regional office in (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES),.In my department we discovered an =
abandoned sum of US D$25. Million (TWENTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS).

In an account that belongsto one of our foreign customer who died along with =
his wife and
children ina plane crash in a year 2000 plane crash happened in America =
Since we got information about his death, the bank have been expecting his =
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it =
unless somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the =
deceased,as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt =
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along with him in the =
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business =
proposals to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation to =
the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming =
for it because I don't want the money to go into the bank treasury as =
unclaimed Bill.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our late =
customer was a foreigner I have agreed that 30% of this money will be for you =
as foreignerpartner in respect to the provision of a foreign account.10% will =
be setaside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for =
me,

I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please =
treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come =
of it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax =
numbers and also your private e-mail address for easy and urgent =
communication.

Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential. =
Thanks and God bless you. afterwhich I shall visit your country for =
disbursement according to thepercentages indicated.Trusting to hear from you =
immediately
Yours Sincerely,

DR.MonaL Al Rashdi
you can email me in
mona_al@live.com

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