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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "JAMES WALKER & ASSOCIATES" <dclare.3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jwalker@jawandassociates.com
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:09:56 +0100
Subject: Hello Roelof Kruize


*JAMES WALKER & ASSOCIATES
Broadway, St James's Park, London, SW1H 0RG
Tel: 44.7756065008, Fax: 44.7075023730
Email: **info@jawandassociates.com* <info@jawandassociates.com>*, **
jwalker@jawandassociates.com* <jwalker@jawandassociates.com>
* *

*Attention: Roelof Kruize
*

*I am James David Walker esq. An attorney and solicitor at law and the
principal partner in the legal firm of James Walker & Associates in United
Kingdom.We are the attornies to a deceased person who bears the same surname
as you and who before his death was the Director of operations of an oil
company here in Europe. *

*The deceased Here in after shall be referred to as our client, On the 21st
of April 2003,my client, his wife and their children died in a fatal auto
crash ever since then we have made several efforts and enquiries to locate
any of my clients extended relatives and this proved unsuccessful.*

*After these several unsuccessful attempts, we decided to track his Last
name through the internet in order to locate any member of his family hence
we contacted you. Our client left a lot of money in a bank here in United
Kingdom, as well as bought many other valuable properties worth millions of
dollars.*

*We have contacted you to repatriate his money and properties before they
get confiscated or the bank accounts declared unserviceable. We have all
documents to this deposit and property all we require is your assistance and
co-operation as next of kin, so that we can relocate especially his huge
deposits to your account for disbursement. Kindly therefore contact us by
return mail or fax so that we can also provide you more information on how
we shall proceed .Please furnish your confidential phone/mobile numbers so
that we can call you for more detailed discussion.*

*Your soonest response is anticipated.*

*Best regards,*

*James David Walker
For: James Walker & Associates

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:*

*The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
material. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you
are hereby notified that your access is unauthorized, and any review,
dissemination, distribution or copying of this message including any
attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient,
please contact the sender and delete the material immediately.*


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