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

Fraud email example:

From: "akinsola1" <akinsola1@superbee.com.br>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 07:30:58 -0300
Subject: Urgent response needed

Hello,

I am an Account Officer with WEMA BANK PLC,My name is Shola Akin,a Banker I am the personal Account Manager to ENGINEER A ,a National of your country, who used to work with an Oil servicing Firm in Nigeria ,my client passed on as a result of a heart attack.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member ofhis family hence I am contacting you to assist in getting the money and property left behind by my client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit was lodged, particularly the WEMA BANK PLC,

where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($6.5 million u s dollars) has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisc has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.

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 so that thisaccount valued at ($ 6.5 million u s dollars) can be paid to you.

The sharing modality is Still open and negociatable.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. Please get in touch with me by my email with your phone number or best way to reach you (akinsola20042005@yahoo.co.uk)

Regards

Shola Akin

This electronic mail message is intended only for the person or entity named in the addressee field. This message contains information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the addressee thereof or the person responsible for its delivery,please notify me immediately and permanently delete all copies of this message.Any dissemination or copying of this message by anyone unless otherwise indicated by authorised representative is strictly prohibited

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