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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 (14 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "david brown" <david_brown@ummahworld.net>
Reply-To: david_brown1@tlen.pl
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:19:13 +0000
Subject: RE:INVITATION FOR NEXT OF KIN

Urgent from:Barrister David Brown

Brown & Co (Barristers/Solicitors)

#12/14 Brown Street,

Ikoyi-Lagos.

Tel:+234-803-0620268

        

Dear Good One,

I am Barrister David Brown, a solicitor at law. I am the

personal attorney to Mr. Mark luzano  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 2003, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along sagamu express road.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to their embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, the finance company where the deceased had an account valued at about US$7.5 million

dollars.They already has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years plus now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you come from the same country, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$7.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 50% to me and 40% to you and 10% for miscelleneous expences. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.

Please get in touch with me by my email and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction. Please call me immediately on my mobile to confirm the reciept of this massage.

Best regards,

Barrister David Brown.

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