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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: walter williams <barrwalterwilliams2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: barrwalterwilliams@myway.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:02:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTN // Alex Elbertsen................. CALL ME // +228 914 69 70



Walter Williams,
304 Boulevard du 13 Janvier (Immeuble TAP),
P.O. Box 8989
Lomé, Togo



Dear Friend,


I am Barr Walter Williams,a solicitor atlaw,personal Lawyer to Mr J.Elbertsen,a National of your country.who used to work with Shell Development Company in Lome as a contractor, herein after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2003, my client was involved in a car accident along Nouvissi express Road.

All occupants of the vehicle including his wife and only child unfortunately lost their lives. Since then i have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended relatives in his home country,this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to track his last name overthe Internet,to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in claiming and repartriating the fund valued at (US$24.8 M) twenty four million eight hundred thousand dollars left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable where this huge amount was deposited. The said OCEANIC BANK Togolaise has for sometime now issued me a notice to provide the next of kin of my client or his account shall be declared dormant or possibly confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

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 get in touch with me through the above e-mail for more details.


Best Regards.
Walter Williams(Esq).



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