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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • barr_komekomo1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "komekomo1" <komekomo1@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:08:46 -0600
Subject: SOLICIT YOUR ATTENTION




Chambers Of Justice
Barrister Kome komo.
29 Nnamdi Azikiwe street Ikoyi
Lagos-Nigeria.
E-mail:barr_komekomo1@yahoo.com

Good day to you and your family. I am Kome Komo,an attorney at Law.I am writing you with regards to the estate left by my client who passed on in 2004.He left the sum of Ten Million United State Dollars with a Finance House here in Nigeria.

As a lawyer and a personal attorney to the deceased, I have been asked to provide the Next-Of-Kin of my late client by the Finance House here in Nigeria, where his Fund and documents of his property were kept.

However, as the personal attorney and close confidant of my late client, I know that he did not leave any WILL (because of his sudden death) which means that this money will therefore be paid into the account of whomsoever is presented as the Next-of-kin with proof.
Therefore i am seeking for your consent and assistance to present you as the true beneficiary and next of kin to my client.

Your nationality and area of speciality does not matter.All modalities have been concluded to present you as the next of kin and consequently, the beneficiary of the fund. This transaction is 100% risk free and is expected to take about 14 working days to conclude as soon as you indicate your interest.

N.B: As you know INHERITANCE is not a crime all over the world, but a crime only when you do not follow the Rules of the International Law of Inheritance. In this transaction we shall abide strictly by the rules of the International Law of Inheritance and obtain all the necessary transaction documents through the appropriate authorities to prove that the inheritance/fund is legal.

All that is required of you is to act as a relative /next of kin and also provide a safe bank account for the payment of the fund to you.
As soon as payment is effected and the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, I will meet with you in your country for the sharing of the funds, and i have decided that 40% will be retained by you as your share, while 60% will be for me as the initiator of the deal and I intend to use my own share in acquiring some estates abroad in your country of which your expert advice will be of immense pertinence.

If you are ready to give me your full cooperation and receive this Fund into your custody, then confirm your interest by contacting me through the email account provided above, and I will furnish you with an adequate detail of how we shall achieve success in this project.

I await your prompt reply,

Best regards.

Barr.Kome Komo
All Correspondence to this mail should be addressed to My Personal
Email barr_komekomo1@yahoo.com

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