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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: Richard Bright <richardbright9816@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: richardbright9816@live.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:58:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greeting!!!


Greetings,

I am sorry for using this medium of communication in contacting you, but be informed that it is based on the urgent nature of this deal that I am about to present to you now for your consideration.

First, it will be my great pleasure to introduce myself to you. I am Mr. Richard Bright, native of United Kingdom and the executive fund Manager with Safeway Financial Services, BD15ZG,Bradford, UK. I handle all our Investors Capital Project Funds. I was able to divert 1.2% investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our Safeway Trust Funds Account whereby I can easily present anyone of my choice to claim the funds. On this note, the total sum of 5.745Million GBP has been diverted representing the 1.2% Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investors Capital Project Funds for 2005/2006.And this said funds has been moved to a Security and Finance firm account in Asia.I need a reliable and trustworthy person that can work this deal out with me so that we can claim the funds as mentioned above.

There is no risk attached and the funds in question can never be detected or traced. Our sharing ratio is 70:30. If you are interested, kindly reply,to enable me provide you with further details on how we shall proceed to realize this transaction.Please if you are not interested don't use this form to betray me.

Sincerely,

Richard Bright

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