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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 (11 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "david james" <davjames2004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barr_gthom@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:51:40 +0000
Subject: business relationship.

George Thomson
George Thomson & Associates
13 Dale House
London SE16 2PT
United Kingdom
July,2005.

Hello,
I am George Thomson an attorney to Christian Eich Mason, a deceased Immigrant. Property magnate, who was based in the U.K., Also referred to as my client.On the 25th of July 2000, my client, his wife and their two Children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm since then I have been managing his properties here in the U.K. and some of his properties, which he put out for sale. which I monitored the payment as his attorney, has been bought and paid for.

Now the money paid was deposited into his Local account here. 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 his bank particularly, the bank has issued me a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time.

My late client has an account valued at 15.5 million dollars. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some time now, and with the bank giving me deadline, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at 15.5 million dollars can be paid to you And then you and I can share the money. 50% to me and 40% for you and 10% for miscellaneous expenses that might arise. I have all necessary information that can be used to back up any Claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I Guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will Protect you from any breach of the law. Trust me, as his attorney,this is a Risk free business relationship. Please get in touch with me by my email address:barr_gthom@yahoo.co.uk And send me your full names and address,telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further.

Best regards,
George Thomson EsQ.

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