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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348077723609 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • t.jchambers2001@fsmail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister - <mrs_diala@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jchambers2001@fsmail.net>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 11:07:31 +0100
Subject: your kind approval



BAR ZEID ESQ. LEGAL ATTORNEY & SOLICITOR FROM THE DESK OF ZEID, GREECE .\Cote D"ivore Private email Address:t.jchambers2001@fsmail.net office email Address jkchambers@fsmail.netCote D"ivore NUMBER+234-80-777-23-609
Dear sir\,mama

I am Barrister LEOBARDO (SAN).A personal attorney to my Late client , a nationality of your country, who used to work with the Oil Development Company in Cote D"ivore . as an oil field supervisor.

On the 21st of april 2007 my client,who went for an oil inspection was involve in pipe line explosion.Few weeks ago his account officer in europe contacted me as his personal solicitor to present his next of kin to come up and cliam the sum of $6.5m which was not yet credited in his account in europe.

In this regard, I decided to contact you because you have the same last name with my late client,So i was urgently asked to locate any member of his family. That is why i have contacted you to assist in recovering the said amount before it will be too late.

However, as soon as you indecate intrest i will give you all it takes to conclude this project, and my personal number will be given to you for better communication.I hope my plea will meet your kind approval.Remian blessed.Barrister ZEID (Mrs).LEGAL ATTORNEY & SOLICITOR
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