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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.)
• 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.
  • isohka2006@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Fred Isoh" <isohka2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: isohka01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:58:26 -0400
Subject: Dear Lange

Dear Lange

I am Barrister Fred Isoh, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to
Engr.Mark Lange, a national of your country, who used to work with shell
development company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 1999, 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 there 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 trace his relatives over the Internet,
to locate any member of his family but of no avail, 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 this huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, the Bank
where the deceased had an account valued at about 12 million
dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account confiscated within the next ten 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 are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account valued at
$12million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me 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 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 see this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.

Please get in touch with me by my email address: isohka2006@yahoo.fr enable
us discuss further.

Best regards.
Barrister Fred Isoh.

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