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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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From: "jones omore" <barristerjones_100@mail.md>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:14:08 +0000
Subject: THANKS VERY MUCH / MORE INFO.......................

Dear Friend,

How are you doing? Thank you very much for your mail received. The contents were understood.

I contacted you in this transaction for our mutual benefit and for a lasting business relationship, having made unsuccessful attempts upon my several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you as you have the same last name with him.

Firstly, be rest assured that this our mutual benefit transaction is absolutely legitimate as all the original documents that will be needed in a transaction of this nature ascertaining you as the bona fide beneficiary next of kin of Late Mr.Gregory.A. Williams will duly and legally be issued and obtained in your name and favour.

Please understand that I am an adult with family only thinking of how to establish the legacy for my children and that is exactly why I am contacting you in this business. Let me go straight to explain more on the event that led to this before I expatiate on the project proper. The Mr.Gregory.A. Williams was a big customer of the finance company. He operated a coded account with the firm before he died on a motor accident On the 6th of June 2002, along with his wife their two daughters.

You must understand that in the financial institution opportunities like, this are common but not heard. People put their monies in financial institutions and some of these accounts are either coded or confidentially operated,therefore, when such people die what do you think that happens to these monies when nobody comes for their claims? Well, this is one of the numerous avenues monies are made within and amongst the financial institution management.

In fact, Mr.Gregory.A. Williams was one of my best clients and I did not mastermind his death and I did not operate or manage his account. I did all I could to locate his real relatives and was unsuccessful. It was after the unsuccessful attempts to locate his real relatives that I then came to remember his informing me of his early live and experiences. Normally, when something like this happens in financial institution it is reported to the management. The Management can only wait for four years for a next of kin to show up without publishing it or making it public because of false claimants must definitely show up.

Therefore, it is not published and the respective financial institution only informs the customer's attorney as the case may be and then only waits for the real heir to show up as the availability of such funds are expected to be in the late "customers will" which would be the only source of knowledge of it by anybody who is entitled to such estate. So the finance firm gives four years for this, and if no claimant comes forward then the Management sends the money to the Debt Re-conversion Department and the account is closed. Now the question is, who runs the Debt Re-conversion Department and who is the Management? The answer is simple. The Chairman, Managing Director and Board Members. These are individuals and these monies are shared by them and nobody asks questions, period. In fact, these issues are not even discussed outside board meetings.

To explain myself properly, I am not a board member and of course, I am not part of the Management and I do not work with the finance company. I am not rich, therefore, if I have this opportunity and throw it to the wolves, then I must be the "stupidest" the most "foolish-man" that has ever lived. I have fully put everything in place and since this is an opportunity open to anybody,I do not see anything wrong in what I am doing as long as I am not hurting who should not be hurt period. I can only tell you that it is just destiny that brought us together. Because I am quite sure of what I am doing that is why I am committing myself in this project because I know what the catch is and it is worth it, my conscience is clear and I have no genuine reason to worry about. The procedure of establishing the next of kin would be taken care of.

I am a legal Practitioner and the principal partner of Colas and Co. Associates with registered office address at No.12 Rue Assigame, Lagos-Nigeria. I was the late Mr. Gregory.A. Williams Personal attorney as earlier informed you. As previously informed you also, after unsuccessful attempts to locate the real relatives of my late client, I resorted to independent search and by divine inspiration I got your contact. The truth remains that you are not the real relative of my late client, you can with my aid as his personal lawyer be approved by the finance company as his next of kin because I have all the secret information that are contained in this security file jacket with the firm that will facilitate that. It is only myself that knows that you are not the real relative.

Unfortunately my late client did not have any Will before his sudden death. Although he had earlier notified me of that in the near future.

It is therefore with absolute confidence that I wish to inform you more of the details of this transaction of great mutual benefit. Now be advised my friend that in line with my operational master plan for the success of this our mutual benefit business, what you are required to do now is to tender an application to the finance company as next of kin to this deceased customer putting claim over his balance with the firm. This application will be written on your letter headed paper or otherwise, then faxed or email to the company for immediate action and processing to start.
As soon as they receive this application, documentation for the claim will automatically start. It will be tendered to the board of directors of the finance company for approval. As soon as the approval is obtained, you will be issued an approval letter, approving your application as the next of kin/sole beneficiary to the deceased. Business starts from there. You will also notify the finance company in your application that you wish your deceased cousin's fund inherited and transferred into your designated account as you will state in the application.

For being involve in this transaction, I have therefore resolved to offer you 30% of the total sum as gratification in helping me champion this business. 65% will be for myself while 5% will be used to take care of the settlement of all expenses that might come up in the course of this transaction as soon as the fund is into your bank account.

Please, understand that I put so many things into consideration before offering you this 30% and I do hope that it will be appreciated.

Therefore what you are expected to do is to prepare an application letter as next of kin to the deceased customer, putting claim over his balance with this firm and wanting his balance be transferred directly into your designated account.

As soon as you give me your hands of co-operation, I will send to you the specimen of the text of application you will send to the company and the copies of the death and deposit certificates for your reference and the transaction will commence immediately.

Please, for further clarification feel free to call me on my direct phone number: +234-8023834566.

Looking forward to hearing from you and reply via the above email address.

My regards to you and your family and God bless.

Barrister Jones Omore (Attorney-at-Law)


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