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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mike_wiliams147@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:05:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PART PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:mike_williams19661@yahoo.com.co



- Dear:Sir/Madam, PART PAYMENT NOTIFICATION, US$10.5M,I am Accountant Mike Williams,Director, Foreign operations Department., Investment Security Bank plc,London . ,My office monitors and ,controls the affairs of all banks and financial , institutions in London concerned with foreign claim payments. I am the final signatory to any transfer of huge funds moving within banks both on the local and international levels in line with foreign claim settlement. I have before my list of funds, which could not be transferred to some nominated accounts as these accounts have been identified either as, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. I wish to have a deal with you as regards to remit the fund into your account, if you are ready to transact with me,send all your information for further development: Full name,Residence home address,and contact phone number for easy communication. As it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the Federal Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits, I have the opportunity to write you based on the instructions I received from the Foreign reconciliation dept to submit the List of payment reports/ expenditures and audited reports of revenues. Regards Mike Williams

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