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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: "WILLIAMS CHAMBERS" <alex_wc@williamschambersworld.org>
Reply-To: alexchambers_williams@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:17:50 +0000
Subject: FROM BARR.ALEX WILLIAMS (ESQ)

FROM BARR.ALEX WILLIAMS (ESQ)
robert & ASSOSCIATES,
Albert Embankments, London
SE1 7SR, United Kingdom.


Your Attn,

I am Barrister.ALEX WILLIAMS (ESQ) . I have a client, who bears
the same name with you,a foreigner who used to work with Mekon
Associates Company in London.On the 2nd of August 2003, my
client and his wife and their three children were involved
in a car accident along Manchester Express Road.All
occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to
locate any of my client'sex tended relatives, this has also
proved unsuccessful. After these severalunsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the
internet, tolocate any member of his family but of no
avail, hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money
left behind my client before they got confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the Finance House where these
huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Finance House
where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$42M 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 unsuccess ful in locating the relatives
for over nine (9)months now, I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceds
of this account valued at US$42M can be paid to you and
then you and I can share the money; 60% to me and 40%
to you, 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-o peration to enable us see this transaction
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.

Anticipating your prompt response
Yours Sincerely,
BARR.ALEX WILLIAMS (ESQ).


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