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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "s_wang" <s_wang@babbalu.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:55:54 -0500
Subject: Please i need your response

Dear sir,
I am Mr Simeon Wang, an attorney at law. A deceased client
of mine, by name Mr. Mauricio Jose' De Matos,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 unserviceable by
the bank where this deposit valued at 45million 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 lient, 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 number,
fax number and your address so that I too can contact you.
Kindly reply to : s_wang@mailz.net.com
Regards,
Simeon Wang.

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