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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a next of kin / dead customer scam (9 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "loe wills" <loenardwills460@web.de>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:58:55 +0100
Subject: FROM LOENARD WILLIAMS.

Loenard Williams,
Plot 200 Adedeji Lane
Victoria Island
Lagos Nigeria

ATTN;

I am Mr.Loenard Williams, the personal Secretary to Mr. Michael, a national of your country, who used to work with Strabag construction Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my office.On the 21st of April 2000,Mr.Michael,his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along shagamu express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of Mr.Michael extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his First or last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund valued at ! US$10.5 million left behind by Mr.Michael before it gets confisicated or declared unservice!able by the Security Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited.

The said Security Finance company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next fourteen official working days. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.Therefore, on receipt of your positive response,we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.

I have all the necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that wil! l protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch w! ith me through this mail:(loen ardwills@yahoo.com) for more details.

Best regards,
Mr.Loenard Williams

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