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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:
  • "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 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.
  • hans_chambers@fastermail.com
  • hans_chambers@fastermail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "AKU SON" <email2akuson@msn.com>
Reply-To: chs_aku@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:54:29 +0000
Subject: hi

HANS CHAMBERS & PARTNERS
FROM THE DESK OF
BARRISTER HANSEL MBAZI
EMAIL: hans_chambers@fastermail.com

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Hansel Mbazi, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr williams Christoph,a national of your country, who used to work with
one of the oil refineries in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to my
client,on the 6th of April 2003, my client , his wife and their only
daughter were involved in a car accident along sagbama express road.All
occupants of the vehicle in fortunately lost there lives. since then I have
made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients
extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several
unsuccessful attempts,Decided to track his last name over the internet, to
locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at
us$2.5million left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or
declared,unserviceable by the security finance firm where this huge amount
were deposited.The said security finance company has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next
fourteen official wok ring days. For the fact that I have been UN-successful
in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek the consent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased, since you come from the same
country with my client,so That the proceed of this account can be paid to
you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. i have all necessary information
and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.All I require from You
is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. email:(hans_chambers@fastermail.com)

Best Regards,

Barrister Hansel Mbazi Esq.

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