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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:
  • "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • otutodirichi@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Martins Onu" <otutodirichi@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:48:40 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GOOD DAY.


FROM:BARR MARTINS ONU(ESQ)
MART/ONU& ASSOCIATES
#18 RUE LOME TOGO.

Attn Gerard Lobo:

I am Barrister Martins Onu,A Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. M.J. Lobo,A national of your country, who used to work with Chrome Development Company in Togo. On the 22st of April 2001, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Lumba Express Road. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money left behind by my client in a bank here in Togo lome.Particularly, the bank where the deceased deposited the two trunk boxes containing $22Million (Twenty two Million United States Dollars Only) does not know the content of the two trunk boxes deposited with them.Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the Next-of-Kin to claim the two trunk boxes in their custody within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased to claim the two trunk boxes since you are from the same country so that the two trunk boxes can be transfer to you by the bank. Upon receipt of the two trunk boxes, I will come over to your country to meet with you for the disbursment of the fund, and then you and me can share the money. 60% to me and 40% to you. I have all necessary legal documents that can back up any claim we may make with the bank.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed legitimate.

Best regards

Barr.Martins Onu..

Alt/otutodirichi@hotmail.com.







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