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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: "Samuel Williams" <samwill@teenmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: will_koo@mail2world.com
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:52:13 +0100
Subject: INHERITANCE

Dear Sir,



I am Samuel Williams of L. E. Williams & Associates
(Solicitors and Advocates), attorney to Mr. Robert Lahood
(late), a Mechanical Engineering Consultant and hereinafter
refer as ?my deceased client?



My deceased client (he) and his family unfortunately died
in a car crash on the 8th day of August 2003 en-route to
board flight to Australia. Whereas he did not write a will
or leave information that could trace or locate his
relatives, I am saddled with the responsibility to provide
his relative who will inherit his outstanding Contracts
Payment of $13,000,000.00 as stated in the notice that I
received from a Bank, and Ajaokuta Steel Company where my
deceased client executed contracts, to provide the my
deceased client?s relative who will inherit the contracts
payment or have it confiscated.



Subsequently, I am unable to locate any of the relatives on
which I embarked on a search that availed me your contact.
And rather than leave the payment confiscated I seek your
assistance so that we can inherit the overdue contracts
payment. I as the deceased?s attorney have the jurisdiction
to process a Court affidavit and letter of administration
that will award the account to us. There is no risk with
the transaction, as it will be processed within the limit
of law.



In consent with this request please write me on
will_koo@mail2world.com on this matter and commencement
of the transaction.



Yours faithfully,

L. E. Williams & Associates


S. Williams Esq.

(Advocate)

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