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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: "Barr Jones Collier" <barrjonesc@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barrjonesc@luxmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:32:27 +0200
Subject: Reply Fast

Barr. Jones Collier(Solicitor/Legal Adviser)
Email: barrjonesc@yahoo.co.uk
Dear
I am sorry for the inconvenience this email will give you but will
appreciate if you can make out time to go through my message. I am Barr.
Collier Jones, the personal Solicitor/Legal adviser to
Engr Henry Frenz a Nationality of your country, who lived in London United
Kingdom, here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the
October 5, 2000, my client was involved in a trains crashed near Paddington
Station, which is less than a mile north of Notting Hill. This is one of
Britain's worst train crashes in fifty years.
The news about this train Crash can be fine on the new:
<http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/testmember/100899/aw_100899_01.htm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/467919.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/london_train_crash/465503.stm>
Late Engr. Henry Frenz made a deposit of £11.5million Pounds in a Security Company in
Europe precisely Belgium as a Family Treasure and want you to know that I have all relatives
documents that will enable you claim this deposit of Engr Henry Frenz with this Security Company,
hence this deposit was made under secret between the both of us and he the deceased is not married
or have children to claim this deposit.
So I am contacting you to assist in representing Engr Henry Frenz as his next of kin
hence I have all documents that will make you collect this deposit immediately, so now I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of
kin of the deceased so that the Proceeds of this deposit Valued at
£11.5million Pounds can be paid to you as the beneficiary next of kin. If
you agree, you will have 30% of the deposit and the balance 70% for me.

All I require is your honest Cooperation to enable us seeing this Deal
through this will be executed under a legitimate Arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. There is no risk involved. I am
using my position and connection as his personal attorney to release all the
documents for the transaction. We shall need 10 days to finish after all
necessary documents and Certificates are made in your
favour for collection. This transaction is risk free guaranteed.
If you are interested, Awaiting your respond, via my private email:
barrjonesc@luxmail.com
In your respond, Please attach there in a telephone number where I can
call to discuss with you the procedures for the claim and you can call me on this number
+44-709-202-5382.
Best regards,

BARR. JONES COLLIER
SOLICITOR/LEGAL ADVISER


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