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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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Fraud email example:

From: "francis ben" <franck_bentlawyer@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:01:56 +0100
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.


I am Barrister FRANCIS BEN an attorney law in london
lawyer to late Mr
Morris Thompson who lost his life in plane crash involving
Alaska Airline's Flight 261, which crashed on January
31st year 2000, including his wife late madam Thelma and only daughter
late miss sherry
Mr morris Thompson aged 61 hailed from Fairbanks, Alaska in United
States of America.
He was one of the states's most
prominent native and business leader all these you are
very free to verify from the website below for more
information and clarification about his socio-economic
status until his death;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

Before the death of my client, Mr Morris Thompson he disclosed to me
his account status, valued 15.5million euros
Sterling (fifteen million five hundred thousand
euros.He also handed over to me some vital copies fo document regarding
this funds in Hallmark Finance & Security B V.
Javastraast 37 7818KA
Den Haag The-Netherlands.
I was at the last burial rights on February,5th year 2000 to pay
my final respect to Late Mr Morris Thompson.There I made
thorough inquiries about his relatives but,discovered no one

Since then, I have made successive attempts to
get his next-of-kin or relative to come and claim
this fund but to no avail. As personal lawyer to my
late client, I cannot in any way claim this fund by my self,unless
some one assist me as the next-of-kin.

Just last two weeks ago I received a routine
notification from the Hallmark Finance & Security B V.
Javastraast 37 7818KA
Den Haag The-Netherlands concerning this
fund, and the officials of this Hallmark Finance & Security B V.
Javastraast 37 7818KA
Den Haag The-Netherlands issued a warning,
stressing the urgency for late Mr Morris Thompson's
relative or next-of-kin to come forward and claim this fund
immediately or soon they will have it confiscated and forwarded
to the nation's treasury account as an unclaimed fund.
This is the agreement they have reached in the Hallmark Finance & Security B
V.
Javastraast 37 7818KA
Den Haag The-Netherlands

Owing to the fact that his daughter late miss sherry whom should have stand
a better chance of claiming this fund, also perished in
that fatal air crash, I want you to stand in as the next of
kin to late Mr Morris Thompson. Like I earlier asserted he
handed over to me the vital copies of documents that will
enable me to place you in as the right beneficiary to my
late client's fund in this Hallmark Finance & Security B V.
Javastraast 37 7818KA
Den Haag The-Netherlands.
Be informed that upon
successful transfer of this fund in to your account,you
shall have 35% of it as your share, I must remind you that
trust and transparency will be our watchword in the course
of this transaction.
I will discuss with you in details when I receive your response.
I look forward to receiving your reply soonest

Yours sincerely
Barrister
FRANCIS BEN

note your reply should be sent to my via

private email address; FRANCIS_22LAW@FASTERMAIL.COM

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