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"Barrister Emethoa Samuel" Advance Fee Scams Being Sent by Online Scammers

The fake "Barrister Emethoa Samuel" email below is a scam. Recipients are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information by impersonating someone else. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.

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The "Barrister Emethoa Samuel" Advance-Fee Scam

From: Barrister Emethoa Samuel - giovannaiacono@alice.it

Date: Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 7:02 PM

Subject: HELLO DEAR

Compliment of the day to you!..

It’s my pleasure to write you today,

I am Barrister Emethoa Samuel a lawyer to Mr. Jorge, a gold merchant, who was my client before he died as a result of lung cancer.

And I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that am about to repose in you for the benefit of our both families, am in need of your help as a foreigner to transfer his left over fund

US$10.5Million (Ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars) into your account. I will give you full details of this transaction immediately you notify me your interest.

Regards,

Barrister Emethoa Samuel

Email: samuelemethoa@gmail.com

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