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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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: <info_svk2@centrum.cz>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:29:47 +0200
Subject: FROM:THE OFFICE OF BARRISTER SVESSON KONE & ASSOCIATES ESQ.


FROM:THE OFFICE OF BARRISTER SVESSON KONE & ASSOCIATES ESQ. 

                                                


                            From The office of Barrister Svesson Kone

                                 Svesson Kone & Associates Esq

                                    Felix avenue,Rue 12 plateux,
                                          Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire
                                            

                           

Attn: My respectful Friend:
  

Dear Friend, 

Based on what is going on all over the internet world, people find it very difficult to believe things like this any more.If you can guarantee me from your own side, your trust, honestly I will be able to work with you.I will appreciate if you can come down yourself and see things for yourself before we proceed and this will make things clearer for you.

 

I am Barrister Svesson Kone, a solicitor at law and A finacial  advicer /Sole Executor to the WILL of my late client Mr.Mark Graham, he is oil merchants in my country, a well known Philanthropist who died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 5th of Nov 2004.

Since the death of my client in Nov,2004, I have written several letters to the embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives who shall be claimants/ beneficiaries of his abandoned Fund and all such efforts have been to no avail.

 

As a matter of fact, my client Mr. Mark Graham died last and before he died he said to me been his financial advicer that if I could not lacate any of his relation that I should WILL his fund $16.2M which he deposited in a finance house to any Philanthropist of my choice overseas.

I decided to contact you so that we can talk and see how we can put both heads together and archieve this.

On this note, I wish to present you to the finance company, as the surviving relative to the deceased so that we can put in claims with your name as the beneficiary of the fund.

I have said that 10% of the total fund will be for miscellaneous expenses and after the transaction has been accomplished both parties involved will share the rest money 50% on each side. Please if you feel interested, you contact me immediately through this my email address.

Please as I have said earlier, do not take this as a Joke, all I need is your assistance and support so that we can both carry out this project.

I will appreciate if you can send me the following,



1.Your Full Names.

2.Your current Mobile telephone and fax numbers(for rapid communications).

3.Your age.

4.Occupation.

5.Your Current address.



This will enable me file necessary documents at our high court probate division for the release of this fund in your favour.

I intend to invest my shares in your country under your management in any viable business venture.

 

I will send you more details as soon as I hear from you.

I am awaiting  your urgent reply.

Yours Sincerely,

Barrister Svesson  Kone Esq.

 

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