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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • baristerl_aw@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MIKE KANU" <baristerl_aw@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:25:55 +0100
Subject: Attn: John Grisham

Barrister Mike Kanu (Esq.)
Mike Victor & Associate Chambers
16 Norman Williams Street Ikoyi
Lagos Nigeria.
Email Address: baristerl_aw@hotmail.com
From: Barr. Mike Kanu.

Attn: John Grisham

I am Barr. Mike Kanu An Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria. I am
the personal Attorney to Engr. Frank .T. Grisham, An American who used to
work with Shell Development Company in Nigeria.Here in after shall be
referred to as my Client. On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and
their three Children were involved in a fatal car Accident along Saga mum
Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several inquires to different Embassies 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 bank where
the deceased had an account valued at about (US$16.5m) Sixteen Million Five
Hundred United States Dollars.
The bank has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the
Account confiscated within the next 21 working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 8 months 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 (US$16.5M)
Sixteen Million Five Hundred United States Dollars.
This Money Can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money, all
necessary legal documents will be in place 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.
Guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please do get in touch with me
through this mailbox: baristerl_aw@hotmail.com for more details, once I have
your consent and trust then we can proceed immediately.

Your anticipated response is urgently needed.
Yours faithfully
Barrister Mike Kanu (Esq.)
Mike Victor & Associate Chambers
16 Norman Williams Street Ikoyi
Lagos Nigeria.
Email Address: baristerl_aw@hotmail.com

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