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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: lansawyerr@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:59:20 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20Your=20consideration?=

Dear Hendrik,

I am Barrister LANRE SAWYERR, a solicitor at law. I am
the personal attorney to Dr. James Hendrik, national of your
country who used to work with the Shell Development Company in Nigeria.

On the sunday 30th january of 2000, my client, his
wife and their only daughter were involved in a ill
fated Kenyan Airways bus{A310 flight-KQ431
http://www.usafricaonline.com/aircrashkenya.html)
All the occupants of the plane unfortunately lost
their lives. Since then,I have made several enquiries
in the embassies here to locate any of my client's
intended relatives. This has proved unsuccessful.
After these all several unsuccessful attempts to
contact his relatives over 4 years now but to know
avail.

I am contacting you therefore to assist in recovering
the fund valued
at $10.5 million left behind by my client before it
gets confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
amount was deposited.

The said bank has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confiscated within the
next twenty-one official working days.I seek for your
consent since you are a foreigner, so that the proceed
of this account can be paid to you.

As it is, on receipt of your positive response, we
shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities
for transfer. I have all necessary information and
legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.
All I require from you is your honest co-operation to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of
law. Please get in touch with me through my private
email address: (lansawyerr@yahoo.com)
forwarding to me, your full name and contact address,
private phone and fax number so that we can proceed
immediately.

Expecting your soonest response.


Best regards.
Barrister LANRE SAWYERR



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