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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).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "mrchristianpaul" <mrchristianpaul@superbee.com.br>
Reply-To: c_paul1414@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:43:53 -0300
Subject: URGENT

CHRISTIAN PAUL CHAMBERS&CO,
LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY &
HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE,
SUITE 202 OMEGA PLAZA, APAPA,
LAGOS -NIGERIA.

Dear Sir/Ma,

I am Barrister Christian Paul (Esq), the Personal Attorney to a Foreign contractor,who worked with a Multi-National Oil Firm in Nigeria. On the 21st of July 1999, my client,an American national, late Engineer Alexander , an oil Merchant Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria,died in a ghastly motor accident with his wife and three kids along sagamu express way .All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to Several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but, still of no avail.

Consequently I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits was lodged.Particularly, the Bank
where the deceased had an account valued at about US$24.5 Million has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin,relatives so that the fund left will be transferred or have the account confiscated within the next
twenty official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$24.5Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 60 to me and 35% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your Government may require.

All I require is your honest and co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement t hat will protect you from any breach of the law. I will want you to send to me on your return email the following information for the transfer in your favour.

1, Your full Name
2, Your contact Address
3, Your private phone/Fax

I await your quick response,Please reply to my private email
c_paul1414@yahoo.com

Best Regards,
Christian Paul(Esq).

 

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