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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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 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.
  • +2348034483517 (Nigeria, 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.
  • barrevansobinna@yahoo.de
  • barrevansobinna@yahoo.de

Fraud email example:

From: "evans obinna" <barrevans_obinna1@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:17:47 +0000
Subject: Thanks for your response

BARR.EVANS OBINNA ESQ
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL:barrevansobinna@yahoo.de
TEL:-234-803-4483517

                 I WISH TO SEEK FOR YOUR CONSENT
Attn:

 

I am barrister EVANS OBINNA ESQ a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Mark  a national of your country, who use to work with shell Development Company in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2002,my client, his wife and their  three Children were involved in a car accident along Sagbama express-road.  All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then  I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my  clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.

 

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last  name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I  contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and  property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or  declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the citi trust finance & security company where the deceased  had an account valued at about $10million United States dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over  2years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the  deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this  account valued at $10million dollars can be paid to you and then you and  Me can share the money 60% to me and 40% to you I have all necessary  legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal  through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate  arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. And I will  like you to treat this as most urgent so that we will receive this money  at this first quarter of the Year.

Please get in touch with me Immediately on my direct mobile telephone
number:234-803-4483517 or via my alternative e-mail address
barrevansobinna@yahoo.de
for more details.

Thanks for your co-orperations.
Best regards,
BARR.EVANS OBINNA ESQ

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