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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: "Ade Williams" <adewilliams01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:36:23 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION


Good day to you,

I presume this letter will come to you as a surprise, but as things
unfold, we will know each other better. I will start by introducing
myselfto you. My name is Ade Williams, a solicitor at law. I am writing in
respect of a foreigner who happens to be my client an oil merchant and
contractor(Mr.Mark Andreoni Reyes) who perished in a plane crash of 31st
October 1999[WITHEGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990] with other passengers aboard as you
can confirm it yourself through the website below.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/31/egyptair.03/

Since the demise of my client I personally have watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one
has come to claim his funds of US$8.5m( Eight Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollar) and all the relevant documents in the bank
has no record of any next of kin. On this note, I decided to seek for whom
his name shall be used as his next of kin so i have contacted you to assist
in repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my client
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where the
huge deposits were lodged.


I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased
so that the proceeds of this account valued at Usd8.5 million dollars
can be paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the
amount on a mutual agreed percentage. All legal documents to back up your
claim as the deceased Next of Kin will be provided.


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through,also i want you to forward to me the following informations:

1. Your full Name
2. Your address
3. Your telephone number

I guarantee that this legall transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law
and you should endeavor to keep it confidential.

Please get in touch with me, to enable us discuss further about this
transaction.

Best regards,
Ade Williams
PLEASE REPLY TO avingg_001@yahoo.com

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