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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: bw2000@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:43:15 +0100
Subject: claim as next of kin to mr Henry E

ATTORNEY WILLIAMS EGO
Plot 12 Satellite Town
Lagos-Nigeria.
Cell ++234-803 2377416,
Tel/Fax ++234-1-7591240

Hello,

I am Barrister Williams. Ego (Esq) , I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.Henry
EDWARD.,a foreigner, who use to work with Jangle Cement Company here in
Nigeria,
on the 2nd of Dec. 2002, my client and his wife ,got involved in a car accident,
all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts,I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any
member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted
you to assist in repartrating the fund left behind by my late client because
the bank have asked me as his lawyer to produce his next of kin .

Particularly, Bank have given me a notice to provide the next of kin to
claim the contract valued at about US$11 Million Dollars or have the amount
confisicated ,since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for
over years, now I seek your conscent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since your a foreigner and have the same surname so that the
proceeds of this account valued at US$11 Million can be paid to you.

All I require is your honest coperation to enable us see this dealt through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law of your country and my country
too as a professional legal attorney in the field.Finally,kindly maintain
confidentiality between me and you on this transaction.

I await your urgent response.

Best regards,
Barrister Williams Ego.(Esq)


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