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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • kelvinadu0@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kelvin adu" <kelvin_adub@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kelvinadu0@myway.com
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:48:43 +0000
Subject: ATTN TIMMERMANS

324 STELLA ANN WAY V/ISLAND
FROM: BARR.KELVIN ADU
SUPREME CHAMBERS
REPLY: kelvinadu0@myway.com
 
ATTN TIMMERMANS

I hope this e-mail wouldn't come to you as a surprise.Having gone through your profile, I am  convinced and pleased to solicit your sincere and urgent assistance  over this matter.I am BARR.KELVIN ADU,the personal attorney to my late  Engr.Mark E. Timmermans , We have this particular foreigner as a client in my  chambers. but On the 4th of May 2002, my client, his wife and their only,daughter were involved in a plane mishap that took place in kano. over 76 passengers died in the  incidence, unfortunately my client and his family lost their lives.
Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any  of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track you over
the Internet, to  locate any member of his family hence I contacted you
I have contacted you to assist in epatriating the money left behind by
my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the 
bank where this huge  deposits were lodged, where the deceased had an
account valued at about US7.2 million dollars has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next
thirty official working days.
 
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US7, 2 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.65% shall be for me and 35% for you. I have all neccessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may  make. All I require is your honest co-operation 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 e-mail to enable us discuss further. You may also, send your phone number so that I can call you on telephone.
Best  Regards
KELVIN ADU, {Esq}
 
Please reply directly to my alternative
email: kelvinadu0@myway.com
 
NOTE:AS  SHALL SEND YOU THE WEBSITE OF THE INCIDENT AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY REGARDING THIS  MESSAGE.

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