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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:
  • "barrister" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27822611967 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • desmondakika@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Desmond Akika" <desmondakika@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: desmondakika@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:54:45 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

From: DESMOND AKIKA.
(Desmond Akika Chambers & Associate Firm).
Address: 3rd Floor, D block Isibaya building,
Mutual park Jan Smuts Drive, Pineland 7405.
Cape Town, South Africa.
Tel: +27 822 611 967.
Email;desmondakika@yahoo.com
My Late Client Son: Mr.Tito Savimbi.
Attn: Sir/ Madam.
I am Barrister. Desmond Akika ESQ, a Solicitor and the personal Attorney
to Mr.Tito Savimbi.
I run an international Business Promotion and Consultancy firm and I
got your contact through an internet marketing firm in my quest for a
foreign investment for my client.I wish to inform you of this great
interested opportunity and a request for assistance to invest my client
fund in your country.
However, Mr.Tito Savimbi is looking for a partner/ foreign investor
that will assist him to invest his fund deposited with a Security and
Finance Company here before the death of his Father.
The followings are his specifications for your consideration and
immediate attention:
1. Investment capital USD $12.5million
2. Area of interest - real estate, hotel, transportation, civil
construction, industries, and fisheries.
3. Shares of partners depending on capital input, therefore subject to
negotiation.
4. Interested party should be prepared to come to Republic Of South
Africa to sign agreement with him that will protect his interest before
he releases and remit his capital to the designated account for the
project after which he will travel back with the person to finalize and
set up the business.
Please kindly note that you need not to reply if you are not satisfied
with the above conditions as my client will prefer to deal with
somebody serious as the entire management and running of this venture will be
the person's responsibility, because it will not be possible for my
client to be physically present most of the time in view of his time
consuming commitments as a young boy/man.
However,if you are interested to share in this great investment opportunity, I would like you to send the following details for more oral communication base on this request.
(1) Your Full Name
(2) Contact Address
(3) Your Phone & Fax Numbers.
For more clarification you should contact me on the number above Kindly give this proposal an urgent attention, as my client needs this information as soon as possible.
I look forward to your immediate response.
Sincerely Yours,
Barrister Desmond Akika ESQ.
(LLB LONDON)

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