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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a next of kin / dead customer scam (11 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Morris Jason" <morrisjason5@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:04:23 +0000
Subject: STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO MY CLIENT

FROM: BARR.MORRIS JASON(ESQ)
MORRIS L& ASSOSCIATES,
4 Albert Embankments, London
SE1 7SR, United Kingdom.

 

Attn My Good Friend,

 

I am Barrister MORRIS JASON(Esq). I had a client who bears the same
surname
with you and a national of your Country who aswell used to work with
Mekon
Associates Company in London. On the 2nd of August 2003, my client, his
wife and
their three children were involved in a car accident along Manchester
Express
Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any
of my
client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these  several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
relatives
over the internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail,
hence I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the
money left
behind  by my client before they got confiscated or declared
unserviceable by
the Finance House where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly,
the
Finance House where the deceased had an account   valued at about
US$20M has
issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or  have the account
confiscated
within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the  relatives for over nine
(9)
months now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin  to
the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$20M  can be
paid to
you and then you and I can share the money, 50% to me and   50% to you.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we
may make, all I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please direct all your replies to my personal e-mail:morris_jason64@yahoo.co.uk

 

Anticipating your prompt response.

Yours Sincerely,

BARR.MORRIS JASON (ESQ).
Attorney-At-Law.

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