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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • adamsmo@i12.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Moses Adams" <adamsmo@i12.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:30:05 +0100
Subject: Business Proposal

Your Honour,


This proposal may be of a surprise to you, as we have not met in any
waybefore. I feel you will serve as a reliable source to be used to
achieve this aim, by trusting under your care the total sum of Twenty Million
United States Dollars.

My name is Moses Adams a National of Haiti, Solicitor at law and the
personal Attorney to late Mr. Mark Michelle a French Citizen who used
to be a private contractor with the Shell Petroleum Development Company in
Saudi Arabia.On the 21st of April 2001 he was involved in an auto crash
alongside his wife and their three children all occupants of the vehicle
unfortunatelylost their lives, since then I have made several enquiries
to
locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.Afterthese several unsuccessful attempts I decided to
contact you with this business partnership proposal, I have contacted you to
assist in repatriating the funds left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance/Security Company
where these deposit was lodged.

The Company has issued me a notice to provide his next of kin otherwise
have the account confiscated within this week, since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years now. I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the money can
bepaid to you, this will be disbursed in these percentages 70% to me and 30%to
you.

All I require is your honest co-operation, confidentiality and trust to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breachof the law.

Please get in touch with me urgently through my Private email address (
adamsmo@i12.com .and please send me your direct telephone/fax
numbers.Your urgent response is highly anticipated and will be
appreciated, May God almighty be with you.

Thanks.
MOSES ADAMS

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