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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Atavi-Mensah EDORH" <atavimesshhed@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: atavimensahe@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 15:43:31 +0000
Subject: TO YOUR ATTENTION

Dear Friend,

First of all I want you to Know that this is not a scam mail.Because base on
what is going on all over
the internet world people find it very difficult to beleive thing like this
any more.if you can garantee
me from your side your trust and honestly i will be able to work with you.i
will apprecaite if you can
come down your self and see thing for your self before we proceed snd this
will make thing clearer for you.


I am Atavi-Mensah EDORH, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole
executor to the WILL of late client'who worked as an independent oil
Business
magnate in my country and who died in a car crash with his immediate family
on the 5th of Nov
2004. Since the death of my client in Nov, 2004,I have written several
letters to the embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended
relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned Funds and
all such efforts have been to no avail.


After the transaction has been accomplished 40% will be for the person
involve, 10% for miscellaneous expenses and the remaining 50% for me. Please
if you feel interested, I crave your indulgence to please contact me through
this my email address. As I have said earlier, I want you know that this
present situation now and not take this as a scam mail, all I
need is your help and support so that we can both carry out this project.

I decided to contact you so that we can talk and see
how we can both put heads together and achieve this.

On this note, I wish to present you to the finance
company, as the surviving relative to the decease so
that we can put in claims for payment with your name
as the beneficiary of the fund.

I will apprecaite if you can send me the following,

1.Your Full Names
2.Your current Mobile telephone and fax numbers
3.Your age
4.Occupation
5.Your Current address

This will enable me file necessary documents at
our high court probate division for the release of
this sum of money in your favour.

I intend to invest my shares in your country under
your management in any viable business venture.

I will send you more details as soon as I heard from
you.

Yours faithfully

Atavi-Mensah EDORH

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