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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: "paul briggs" <paulbriggs1@captain.net>
Date: 8 Feb 2005 11:13:00 -0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

Barrister Paul Briggs Esq.
Email: lawoffice05@yahoo.ca

Dear Sir,

I got your contact in course of my inquiry to locate relations of my
Deceased Client Mr David Kohler, who died in a car crash on the 13th
February 2003. The reason for this is to inherit a Contracts Payment
Deposits Account of $16.5million of which the Deceased left in a Finance
Firm. Consequently, having gone through to your profile on Internet, I want you to
please assist me to inherit the fund into your Account.

This request emerged last week when the Finance Firm contacted me for the
attention of my Deceased Client (perhaps for one reason or the other they
have tried to contact him and was unsuccessful). However, thereupon I
announced his death and protocols observed, I was mandated (as the
deceased's attorney)to provide the Next of Kin t o inherit the Deposits or
they will freeze it as"Unclaimedn Deposit".
Unfortunately, and unknown to the Finance Firm, the Next of Kin was among
the dead in the car crash. But rather leaving the Deposits/Account frozen
hence I seek your help to claim the fund into your Account as you share same
names with the Next of Kin and I have the required Information to execute
the transaction under legal process. Please contact me for further
information and commencement of the transaction.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Briggs Esq.

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