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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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 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.
  • plamadasesq@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter amadas" <amadasesq@msn.com>
Reply-To: plamadasesq@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:15:56 +0000
Subject: YOUR RELPY NEEDED

BARRISTER PETER LARRY AMADAS. AND CHAMBERS
A SOLICITOR AND AN ADVOCATE OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA

Dearest,

Good day and how are you? My wish is that you receive this letter in good
faith and by his grace we are going to work good things out of this great
deal.

My name is Barrister Peter Larry Amadas, A Solicitor and an Advocate of the
supreme court of Nigeria, I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Alan ,an
expatriate,who was a consultant with shell development oil company in
Nigeria.On the 21st of April 2001, my client and his wife were
involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road. Unfortunately
they lost
their lives in the event of the accident, since then I have made several
enquiries as to locate any of his extended relatives, but all proved
abortive. After several unsuccessful attempts, I
decided to trace his relatives over the Internet,to locate any member of his
family but to no avail,hence I decided to contact you.

I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money valued at about
(US$11.5m) that was left behind by my client (Mr.Alan ) with the Inland Bank
Plc (ILB) before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.


Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years
now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the
deceased,the proceeds of this account valued at (US$11.5 million dollars)can
be paid to you and then you and I can share the money.55% to
me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government
may require. I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up this project.


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any
hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect us from any breach of the law.

Please do get in touch with me through the E-mail address below:(email
box:plamadasesq@yahoo.com)
Thanks as I look forward to your anticipated maximum cooperation.

Yours Sincerely.

peter Larry Amadas{Esq}

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