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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.)
  • "abuja" (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.
  • peter_evans_esq@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Peter" <peter_evans20@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:04:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GREETINGS










BARRISTER PETER EVANS ESQ.HARTWIG CHAMBERS,LEGAL PRACTITIONER, SOLICITOR &amp; ADVISOR.101 PARK LANE APAPA,LAGOS-NIGERIA. Attn:Sir/Madam Greetings! I am Barrister Peter Evans Esq.personal attorney to late Pitt Rector,my deceased client who used to work as a contractor to Osun-Ogun River Basin Development Company here in Nigeria herein after shall be referred to as my client. Late Pitt Rector and his entire family (wife and two children)were involve in a local plane crash at kano enroute Abuja(capital city) in Nigeria on the 4th of may 2002 which claimed all occupant aboard the airline,unfortunately my client and his entire family lost their lives. Check the websites below for the story of the plane crash, http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/05/stories/2002050503070101.htmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, but was unsuccessful. My purpose of contacting you
is to assist in repatriating the fund left behind by my late client prior to his death before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit was made,where the deceased had an account valued at about USD$13M (Thirteen Million United State Dollars).The bank had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the funds confiscated within the next 14 official working days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year 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 USD$13M can be paid to you and then we can both split it on our agreed sharing ratio.I will provide all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up your claim. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me as the legal attorney to the deceased in seeing that you are paid this funds after which I will join
you in your country for the disbursement.I guarantee that this transaction will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.kindly send your reply as quickly as possible to my private email address: peter_evans_esq@yahoo.ie. I anticipate your very quick reply. Yours Faithfully, Barrister Peter Evans Esq

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