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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: "francis cole" <f_cole15@msn.com>
Reply-To: f_cole15@parsimail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:49:16 +0000
Subject: ABOUT MR CHARLES JONES





BARRISTER FRANCIS COLE AND ASSOCIATES
FROM THE DESK OF LAWYER FRANCIS COLE CHAMBERS.
NO 2/3 KINGSWAY ROAD DOLPHINE G.R.A LAGOS.

REPLY TO : f_cole15@parsimail.com

I am Barrister FRANCIS COLE ESQ , a solicitor at law.
I am the personal attorney to Mr. Charles Jones ,a
national of your country, who used to work with
Chevron Oil Producing Company in my country.Here in
after shall be referred to as my client.
On the 25th of Decembar 2003, my client,on the single
reason of visiting his inlaws.His wife{A LEBANESE} and
their only daughter were involved in a Plane crash on
their way home for the holidays and were among the 111
people confirmed dead. Since then I have made several
inquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my
client's extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to track over the Internet to
locate any member of his family or relative hence i I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the fund valued atUS$20.7 MILLION
(TWENTY MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) Left behind by my client before it get
Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance
Firm where this huge amount was deposited. The said
Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confiscated in the
next six months.For the fact that I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives since then I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to
the deceased,so that the proceeds of this account can
be paid to you.Therefore, on receipt of your positive
response, your share should be 40% and the remaining
60% will be coming to me after the money is been
creditted in your chosen account. I can assist in
procuring the necessary information and legal
documents that may be needed to actualise this
proposal.All I require from you is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.
PLEASE VIEW THE
WEBSITE:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html



REPLY TO : f_cole15@parsimail.com
REGARDS.
BARRISTER.FRANCIS COLE .ESQ


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