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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: i d <i_dyou@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 03:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Best Regards,



BARRISTER CHIEF S.A.WILLIAMS.
S.A.WILLIAMS & CO.
E-MAIL:barrsawilliams@yahoo.co.uk

ATTN:DEAR,

I am Barrister Chief S.A.Williams, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to MR. MARK ,a national of your country, who used to work with shell Development Company in Nigeria.Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and their three Children were involved in a car accident along Sagbama express-road.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge funds where deposited with CBN of Nigeria. The Deceased had an account valued US$10 MILLION. The bank mandated me to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated soon.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account Valued at $10 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 60% to me and 40% to you I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation, your private telephone and fax through. I asure you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please for security reasons, mentain the utmost secrecy of this transaction


Best Regards



BARRISTER.CHIEF ,S.A.WILLIAMS
OF S.A.WILLIAMS & CO












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