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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a next of kin / dead customer scam (14 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "williams mosola" <will_mosola@web.de>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:27:13 +0100
Subject: ATTEN:[cindy]URGENCY NEEDED

From: BAR, Williams Mosola.
Sule's chamber's Johannesburg S/Africa
45 Marina Rd Johannesburg

 

Hello cindy,

This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form, rather it is intended to contact your esteemed self, following the knowledge of your high repute and trustworthiness. Firstly, I
must solicit your confidentiality.

I know that a proposal of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that it is made in good faith and will be of mutual benefit.

I am Barrister Williams Mosola, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr,Micheal cindy, a national of your country,who used to work with British/Dutch Shell petroleum-development Company Pty
in S/Africa. After referred to as my client.On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his Wife and! their three children were involved in a car accident along sagamu 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 clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to assist in claiming his contract sum which he executed under S/African National Petroleum Corperation(SNPC) before his sudden death.Particularly, the Federal Ministry of finance(FMF) and the Finance Company where the deceased had his contract fund valued at about
US$18.5million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for almost 3years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the d! eceased since you have the same name, so that the proceeds of this acc ount valued at US$18.5million dollars can be paid to your bank account.For God sake,
I will acquire all necessary legal documents in your name that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me by my alternative e-mail address(w.mosola@voila.fr ) and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Best regards,
Williams Mosola .(SAN)

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