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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Read this message from me please.." <peterwilams200@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:05:26 -0700
Subject: Read this message from me please..


Attn:Dear.Friend

Thanks you very much for your response to my mail.I got your email through
desperate research in my country. You don't have to worry about this
transaction, it's 100% risk free transaction. There's an attorney that will

procure the relevant documents in your favor as the said beneficairy to
these said claims.

I contact you because i believe we can both achieve these goals, and also
got your contact through a chambers of commerce directory here in my
country.

I think we can both conclude this transaction as foreignpartners. I want
you
to be rest assured. I must commend your effort to this effect; I will
formerly introduce myself to you. My name is Mr Peter Williams formerly
working at a bank here in the United Kingdom. (OVERSEAS UNION BANK LIMITED,

61/62 COLE MAN STREET, LONDON)

I was the account officer of the deceased Bernard Poirier who died in an
air
crash along with his wife Noreauluce Poirier on The 31st October 1999 in an

Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. It may interest you to

know that we have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate
any of the deceased beneficiaries and no one was found.

This funds in question which is to the tone of $8.4m (eight million four
hundred thousand dollars) has been lying in a security vault for a very
long
time, which the security company has now decided to term the funds
unplayable since the next of kin cannot be located. Upon this discovery, I
now seek your permission to have you stand as a nextof kin to the deceased,

as all documentations will be carefully Worked out for the
funds($8,400,000.
00)to Be released in your favor as the beneficiary.

The arrangement is thus; after all preliminaries has been settled, you will

be required to join the security company in London to receive the
consignment as the owner and should incase you are unable to make it to
London, you are hereby requested to select any of their affiliated office
that will be more convenient for you, they are; Europe/Asia
Offshore/Affiliate Payment center(Madrid-Spain, Amsterdam-Holland),Middle
East Offshore/Affiliate Payment center.

There,you will with the assistance of the officials of the security company

open an account in a bank where the entire funds will be initially lodged
and from there transfer the funds finally to your account back home. There
after, I will join in you at the resident country of your bank for the
disbursement of the proceeds and investments in accordancewith the terms of

our agreement. I would like you to equally brief me of your occupation, age

and marital status.

You have nothing to worry about as I assure you of a 100% success, so long
as you follow all my instructions diligently. The transaction is totally
hitched free. Prior to my initial mail to you i shall be giving you shall
be
compensating you with 40% percent of the Whole funds on final conclusion of

this project for your assistance, while the balance shall be for me for
investment Purposes.

Meanwhile, prior to the commencement of the whole transaction we need to
have an agreement/memorandum of understanding in place to serve as a
protective guide to us. On receipt of your response I will send you a TEXT
of the M.O.U. for your perusal and understanding and if acceptable by you,
we shall go ahead to sign it.

For further clarification please get back to me via i also need your
privatemobile/cell number so i can speak with you.

If you can travel out of your country; it will easier for us to claims our
consignment from the security company. But if you can't travel out, then we

have to contact the security company through a diplomatic channel which
they
have to send it through a courier service company to your country
and please reply to my private email:peter.williams@mail4me.com

I earnestly await your response.

Regards,

Mr Peter Williams

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