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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: "paul martins" <pmartins74@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:20:24 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE THIS

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY
PAUL & TERIWAYA LAW CHAMBERS,
28 FARTHERSSTONE STREET, EC180SY,
LONDON.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Compliments of the day . I must solicit your
confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting
you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual
benefit. I am Mr.Paul Martins (Esq.), a legal
practitioner.My client, late Mr. Andre Lacombe ,
was
killed with his entire family in a fatal
accident,sparing none of their lives, some years
ago.Before his death, I assisted him in the deposit of
some funds with a Finance House for safekeeping. The
funds have remained unclaimed since his death, and
such unclaimed funds are appropriated and returned to
the treasury as a matter of policy. Considering the
lack of success in my bid to locate any of his
relatives for over a year now, I hereby solicit your
consent to enable me present you as the Next of Kin to
my deceased client.
I am contacting you for two reasons. Firstly, you both
have the same last name, which makes the claim most
credible. Secondly, I strongly believe that the
Security Company does not deserve to inherit the
funds.
These reasons led to my resolve to claim the
funds,which was why I contacted you.With your
permission, I will proceed to establish you as the
next of kin/Beneficiary to my late client.
As soon as this is done, you will then give
instructions to the Bank/Finance House, to transfer
the deposited funds into another account you will
provide, after which we shall then share the funds
upon agreed terms.When I receive your response, I will
provide you with further details.
I await your reply,
Paul Martins {Esq.}.

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