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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:
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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: john mensa <jo.hnmensa7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <j.ohnmensa@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 02:37:06 -0600
Subject: Hello Esposito,


From: Barrister John MensaMensa chamber's Accra Ghana Hello Esposito,I am Barrister. John Mensa, solicitor and notary public and thepersona attorney to Mr. MARK Esposito, Who is a national of your country.
On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and their only son wereinvolved in a car accident along Accra / Kumasi express road.Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident,since then i have made several enquirers to locate any of my clientsextended relatives and this has proved unsuccessful.After making all the necessary efforts and several unsuccessfulattemptsto locate any of my deceased client true relative I decided to tracehisrelatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but allwas to no avail, hence I contacted you because of the surnamesimilarity. I contacted you to assist me in retrieving a baggagecontaining money deposited by my deceased client with a securitycompanyhere in Accra Ghana before they get confiscated or declaredunserviceable by the security company, My deceased client has a depositvalued (US$7.5 million) U.S dollars with a security company here.I have the necessary legal documents that can be used to backup theclaim for the release of the deposit to your favor as the next of kinbeneficiary, the security company issued me a notice to provide thenextof kin or have the deposit confiscated or forced to be open within ashort time to know what is inside. Since I have been unsuccessful inlocating the relatives for over some years now, I seek your consent topresent you as the next of kin of the deceased since you share the samesurname so that the proceeds of the deposit valued US$7.5million canbereleased to you for both of us to share the funds inside; 50% to me and45% to you, while 5% should be for expenses and tax as your governmentmay require. In view of the above did i contacted you,I also want to inform you of the need to make preparations to come downhere to Ghana where the security company maintains there head officeforthe claim of the deposit. All I require is your honest cooperation toenable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangementthat will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through my e-mail to enable us discussfurther, or better still let me have your contact telephone numbers fororal details as we progress. Thanks for your kind co-operation,Barr John Mensa
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