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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 lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "john pradman" <john_pradman0053@web.de>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 19:26:00 +0100
Subject: FROM THE CHAMBERS OF JOHN PRADMAN

FROM THE CHAMBERS OF JOHN PRADMAN
PRADMAN & ASSOCIATES
#1-5 LAKE AVENUE IKEJA,
OWERRI-NIGERIA.
Email;pradmanchambers05@hotmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Attorney John pradman, of ATTORNEY PRADMAN & ASSOCIATES. This mail is written and intended to solicit your assistance to be presented as NEXT OF KIN to my Late Client, Mr. Norman Walton.

My Deceased Client Norman Walton, (Bloomfield Township, Michigan) made a fixed Deposit of Fund valued at £2,000,000.00 (Two Million Dollars Only) with Standard trust finance plc and unfortunately lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999 and left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except some vitaldocuments related to the Deposit still in my
possession.

The Governing Body of the bank has contacted me on this matter and I a yet to provide the Next of Kin to lay claims to the Fund. Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your consent to be presented as the Next of Kin so that my late Clients' Fund will not be confiscated by the bank.

For the sake of transparency on this matter, you are free to make immediate contact to me via my private number :

+234-8034-233210 or my private mail box pradmanchambers05@hotmail.com ,
for further information related to
this matter.

Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance while we expect your prompt response.

Best Regards,
John pradman (SAN)

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