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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 Williams Brown" <barr_wb1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barr_wb1198@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:46:37 +0000
Subject: ON REGARDS TO: Her Excellency Mrs Stella Obasanjo.

FROM THE DESK OF
BARRISTER WILLIAMS BROWN, (SAN)
WILLIAMS BROWN CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES.


ON REGARDS TO: Her Excellency Mrs Stella Obasanjo.

I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it
was borne out of desperation and current development. Please bear with me. I
am Barrister Williams Brown a solicitor at law.

I was the Personal attorney to Her Excellency Mrs Stella Obasanjo, wife of
the president of the federal republic of Nigeria His Excellency President
Olusegun Obasanjo, Herein after shall be referred to as my client.

On the Sunday, October 23, 2005 , my client Her Excellency Mrs Stella
Obasanjo had traveled to Spain to undergo surgery and died from
complications resulting from that surgery. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money she deposited with a finance security company with no
name of beneficairy, hoping she will use the money abroad and register it
with the name of her biological family. I am the only person who knows about
this as her personal lawyer.

Nobody knows that she is the real owner of the fund, because i helped her to
register the fund with another name(Peter Ogom) as the owner of the fund, so
as to prevent the federal ministry of finance from probing the fund.

I seek your consent, to present you as the beneficiary, so that the proceeds
of this account valued at USD$25 million dollars can be paid to you and then
you and i can share the money, 60% shall be for me and 40% for you.

I would get all necessary legal documents that would be needed and used to
back up this 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 law.
I have all documents backing the fund.
This deal is strictly confidential.

For further clearification about her death, see the site below.

www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary
Moreso! Do not fail to send me your telephone number with which I would be
able to call you, so we can talk on how i can meet with you in person, so
that we can discuss extensively one-on-one as regards this deal.

I look forward to your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,

Barr. Williams Brown. (SAN)



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