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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.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Nelson Watt <nelsonw1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nwattandassociates@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:15:54 -0700
Subject: Attention Gustafson


*CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:*

This mail transmission is been sent by a lawyer. It contains
information that is confidential, privileged, praoprietary, or otherwise
legally exempt from disclosure. There is no intent on the part of the sender
to waive any privilege,including the attorney-client privilege, that may
attach to this communication.

Dear Gustafson,

I am *Mr.Nelson Watt,* an attorney at law. A deceased client of mine, by
name *Mr. Mandrake Gustafson,* who hereinafter shall be referred to as my
client, died as the result of a heart-related condition in November 2002. I
have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client before it is confiscated or declared serviceable by the bank where
this deposit valued at 35million dollars is lodged.

This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account
will be confiscated because there is a government
gazzette/mandate/authorising all banks to freeze or consificate any account
that has not been servicable in a long period of time,this is geared towards
capital flight for the economy.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last
name with my deseased client, so that the proceeds of this account can be
paid to you.

Then we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal
documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be provided.


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.

If this business proposition offends your moral values,do accept my apology
but if not, then contact me at once to indicate your interest,By giving me
your telephone/fax number so that i too can contact you.

Best regards,

*Barrister Nelson Watt.*

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