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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: "Barr.Kelvin Lancs" <klancschambers@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: klancschambers@lancsmail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:53:20 +0100
Subject: From Barr. Kelvin Lancs


klancs Chambers
136 Lonsdale Road
Barnes
London SW13
Tel:447031943234
Fax:448701217324

Attention:

My name is Kelvin lancs. I am a barrister, solicitor and notary public, the personal attorney to Mr. mohamed sadaqa of Transfield Worley (New Zealand) Ltd. Who is a national of the United arab emirate.

On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and their only son were involved in a fatal autocrash Here in Manchester City - United Kingdom.
Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident,
since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my
clients extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance house here where my client lodge these huge deposits.

Particularly, the Finance house where the deceased had an account valued at about Nine Million United States Dollars.

Consequently, the Finance house issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of the account valued at Nine Million United States Dollars can be paid to you for both of us to share; I have all legal documents that can be used to backup the claim.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get back to me with your contact real name/home address,phone number/fax for an easy communication via my personal e-mail:klancschambers@lancsmail.com or fax me on:+448701217324.You may also call me on the above phone number to enable us discuss further.

Thanks for your kind co-operation

Regards,
Barr.Kelvin lancs.


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