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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:
  • "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. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "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 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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447024091124 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • smithdikechamberaol@yahoo.com
  • smith_bob40@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: smith dike <smith_dlucky@yahoo.ie>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:50:11 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Good-day.


My Dear,

The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence I am making this proposition because I have to seek the partnership of a resource person to help me realize this project.

I am Barr.Smith Dike, an attorney at law and a notary public, based in London . On Tuesday the 7th of May 2002, my client, were involved in a plane crash during their tour in Africa (Egypt Air Boeing 737-500; which crashed near Tunis ). For the news update you can check into the BBC website below:

<<http://www.fire.org.uk/BBC_News/News2002/May/bbc070502e.htm>>


Unfortunately he lost his lives in the event of the accident, since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my late client's extended relatives and this has proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you as I discovered your personal information in the internet. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the properties left behind before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where my client lodged these huge deposits. Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at USD 28.3M (Twenty Eight Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since i notice that you work and assert human effort towards stoping the spread of HIV/AIDS all over the world. So that the proceeds of the account valued at 28.3 million dollars can be paid to you to help the sick, poor and needy in our society. We will discuss the ratio of sharing on the phone.

I shall provide all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the claim. 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.
I hope to ear from you soon via email address below.

Thanks for your kind co-operation.

Regards,

Barr. Smith Dike.
1/3 Great George Street,
London.
+447024091124.
Fax.08063683836.
smithdikechamberaol@yahoo.com
smith_bob40@yahoo.com

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