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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: "BARR.ISMAILA ADAMU {ESQ}" <ismailaadam05@handbag.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:18:54 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

ASSOCIATES LAW CHAMBERS
Office Address: 5, Dansuma Ave. Abuja
Home Address: 711 Rd,A close,Community III
Phone:234 8037049637

Sir,

I am BARR.ISMAILA ADAMU {ESQ} the Personal Attorney to Mr. Williams Holloway, a British national, and an oil consultant who
used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and their
three children were involved in a car accident along Abuja / Lagos Express Road,unfortunately they all lost their lives in the
event of the accident. since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's 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 contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,particularly,the Security where the deceased had an account
valued at about $9.5 million U.S dollars. Conseqently,the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account confiscated within the next ten official working days, since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives
for over 2 years now.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country so that the
proceeds of this account valued at $26,500,000.00 million U.S dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can
share the money, 55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation 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 email to enable us discuss further.: ismail_ad03@yahoo.com

Best Regards.

BARR.ISMAILA ADAMU {ESQ}

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