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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "OMO KAMUZO" <musambt@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: olive_corps@outgun.com
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:32:52 +0200
Subject: PROPOSAL.

am Barrister Omo kamuzo from Angola, Principal Partner,KAMUZO AND CO SOLICITORS Gabon,France and Spain. A solicitor at law and personal/family attorney to the late Mr. Terry Fakri, a national of your country, who used to be a financial controller with Shell Oil development company in Angola herein shall be referred to as my client.
On the 21st of April 2006, my client'' his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagbama express road Port-Sab in Gabon. All occupants of the vehicle burnt to ashes Ever since then, I have made several Inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client extended relatives but 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. My client left lots of money in banks here under my custody as his confidant.
I have contacted you or any person you know that bears this surname to benefit from this money before they get confiscated. There is a government gazette mandating/authorizing banks to place on hold or freeze any account containing huge sums of money that has been unserviceable for a reasonable period of time.
This is geared towards forestalling capital flight from the economy Prior to the execution of this directive; I have moved the funds through a diplomatic means using my clients name with the help of the accounts officer and deposited same with a security company in Europe. I am now soliciting for your assistance/co-operation in going to Europe to signoff and claim this fund from the Security Company since your surname is the same as my clients surname, and also he is from your country. I have made all necessary documentation to avail you and myself from any sort of financial misappropriation.
Upon your readiness to travel to Europe to signoff and claim the fund from the Security Company, I will forward to you the necessary documents to enable you make adequate claim on the funds and have access to it. I will also forward to you the contact details of the security company and the officer to contact so as to avoid the accumulation of much demurrage on the deposited consignment from the security company.
Please reply through my private e-mail:financiero@topseven.com. Your early response is anticipated. May almighty God bless you.
Barrister, Omo Kamuzo.

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