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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 (6 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: Monica James monica <infomonica1@eresmas.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 10:10:00 GMT
Subject: READ

Sorry for the impromptu and unsolicited introduction. Hello Dear I am Mrs MONICA JAMES,secretary to Barrister PETER JOHNSON An Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria. who is the personal Attorney to Mr.Hans a National of your country, who used to work with Shell Development Companyin Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as our Client On the 21st of july 2004, our client,his wife and their three Children were involved in a fatal car Accident along Sagamu Express Road.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then we have made several enquires to your Embassy to locate any of our clients extended Relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts,we decided to track his last name over the Internet to locate any member of his family hence I have contacted you to assist in repatriating his money and property left behind by our client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank here.were this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly the bank where the deceased had an account valued at about(US$8m) eight Million United States Dollars Has issued my master a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the Account confiscated within the next 21 working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 5 months now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you bear the same last name with him ,so that the proceeds of this account value at (US$8m) eight Million United States Dollars Can be paid to you and then you and my master can share the money. All necessary legal documents will be perfected to make you become the bonifide beneficiary of this fund with out any legal implication on your side . If you are touched by this appeal to be used for this transaction ,kindly forward a letter of intrest to assist my master Barrister Peter Johnson on his personal email address at pjesq3@xasamail.com.or you can speak with him on his personal direct telephone line 234 803 7229746 on this issue.My master will also require the fellowing information from you thus 1Your full name and address. 2.your age. 3.occupation 4state of origion 5.Your direct tell and fax number. As soon as my master receives this comprehensive information from ,he will commence action without delay. Thanks Monica james (secretary) KINDLY RE-CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL

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