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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "million us dollars" (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.)
  • "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.
  • harrycollins001@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Harry Collins" <harrycollins39@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: harrycollins01@myway.com
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:05:01 +0100
Subject: Treat As Urgent/Keep Confidential.

HARRY COLLINS & CO 

(LEGAL PRACTITIONERS & SOLICITOR,

CO-OPERATE CONSULTANT)

NO 3 ALLEN AVENUE, IKEJA

LAGOS NIGERIA.

 

 

                             FROM THE DESK OF  HARRY COLLINS.

 

Dear Friend,

 

How are you today, coupled with your health? Hope all is well with you. I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health, I present my best wishes to you and your family with blessings, goodness and mercies, Do not worry on how I got your email address got it from an email marketing firm on the internet.

 

In a brief introduction am Barrister Harry Collins (Esq.) The personal attorney to late Engineer Peter Clancy, an American from Ogden, Uttah,(Utah) USA who worked with shell Development company in Nigeria. On April 21,1999,my client, his wife, and their three Children were involved in a car accident along Shagamu expressway. All Occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

 

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, but the effort resulted unsuccessful. As a professional I extended report to the USA Embassy they still can not trace any of my client relative, After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace/contact you over the internet, and the basis of contacting you is to assist me in acquiring the money and property left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the United Bank For Africa (UBA) Where the deceased had an account valued at ($31.5Million US Dollars) and I have been Issued 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 Two years now, hence I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($31.5Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I in sharing the ratio, I suggest should be as follows: 60% for me and 40% to you. As an attorney I will revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that will be used to back you up in this claim. All I require is your honesty and maximum co-operations to enable us see this deal through.

 

 I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement, which will fully protect you from any breach of the law. Know that the change of ownership Certificate will notarize at the Court of law here in Nigeria to bear your name and that automatically makes you the bonfires beneficiary of the late Peter Clancy account were this fund is been lodged.

 

Note, As soon as you receive the fund I will be coming over to your country for the due share as I stated above.

 

Provide the below information to enable me file in an application of claim.

 

You’re full name.

You’re Resident address.

Phone/Fax number.

And a brief Biography of your self.

 

You can reply through my private mailbox for security reasons-mail

Address   harrycollins001@myway.com 

 

Best Regards,

 

 Harry Collins. (Esq.)

    Principal

Harry Collins &Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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