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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:
  • "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: "clement okoh" <clementokoh2@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:39:53 +0000
Subject: YOUR URGENT AND HONBLE RESPONSE PLEASE.

FROM CLEMENT OKOH AKU ( LLB-HONS.)
C/O OKOH AKU CHAMBER & SOLICITORS.
393 OLD OJO ROAD, AMUWO ODOFIN
LAGOS-NIGERIA
PHONE: 234 802 7967289.

Hello Dear,

I am Barrister Clement Okoh Aku, a Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme
court of Nigeria, I am the Personal Attorney to Late Mr. Farhad Hsien Rist,
An expatriate who was a consultant with shell development oil company in
Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000,my client and his wife were involved in a
car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express road.

Unfortunately they lost their lives in the event of the crash. Since then I
have made several inquiries as to locate any of his extended relatives, but
all proved abortive. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
traces his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family
but to no avail, hence I decided to contact you.

I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money valued at (US$17.5m)
that was left behind by my client (Late Mr. Farhad Hsien Rist) with the Lion
Bank Nigeria plc, before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable.
Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the deceased,
the proceed of this account valued at (US$17.5 million dollars) will be paid
to your account and then you and I can share the money.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any
hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect us from any breach of the law during and after the
operation.

Looking forward to your response.

Yours Sincerely,

Barrister Clement Okoh Aku. (Esq)

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