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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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. )
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "barr." (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.
• 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.
  • +2348024322927 (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.
  • john2kenneth@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Mr._John_Kenneth?=" <john.kenneth1@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:00:22 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear_Friend,_$8,320,643._for_us.?=





The Principal Attorney
John Kenneth Chembers
No 12 park lane Victoria Island
Lagos Nigeria.
Telephone: 234-802-432-2927
E-mail: barr:_john2kenneth@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

I am Barr. John Kenneth, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Andwer , a National of your country who works with Petrochi Construction Company in Nigeria and he is known and referred to as my Client. On the 21st of August 2003,my client, his wife and their four children were involved in a car accident along Sagbama express road.Unfortunately all the entire family lost their lives in the tragedy.

Since then, I have made several enquires to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but all my efforts proved unsuccessful.

After these unsuccessful attempts failed, I decided to track his last name in the Internet to locate any member of his family or his national hence I contacted you.
Now my contacts to you is to assist me in repatriating the money in his bank account here before the account and his properties he left behind before every thing will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where he deposit this money valued $8,320,643.

More importantly, the bank where the deceased client deposited these huge sums of money has served me a write of notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN of my client or the account will be confiscated.

Since I have tried and failed on sever occasions in locating his relatives I am now seeking for your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last name with him, so that the money in his account will be paid to you while I will come over to your country for the sharing.

I will take 50% while you will take 40%.and 10% will be donated to the less privileged and charity organization.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can be use to backup any claim we may want.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a egitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Finally, if this business interest you, please get in touch with me immediately via my e-mail:barr:_john2kenneth@yahoo.com, also indicate to me your contact phone and fax nos. included to enable me call you immediately for More information.

Awaits your urgent reply.

Respectfully.

Barr. John Kenneth.


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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