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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.
• 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.
  • charlial@myway.com
  • charlial@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: charles aloka <charlie518@web.de>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:09:59 +0200
Subject: INDICATE YOUR INTEREST




ATTN:NEXT OF KIN

Hello,

PLEASE DONT BE EMBARASSED BY MY EMAIL TO YOU. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUT OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE I CHOOSE TO CONTACT YOU. Its obvious we dont know each other yet, but we dont know why nature is crossing our path today. Meeting new people in our lives in a never ending circle. You are like God sent to me today as I type this mail to you. You may think this its too good to be real, but I am telling you today that this is as real as the air both of breath inn.

Let me start by Formally introducing myself to you. I am Barrister Charles Alokalam a Legal Practitioner. I am the Atorney representing Engr.JAMES PLASTER, who lost his life in recent Tsunami disaster while on vacation with his family in Thailand at the famous tourist resort Island of Phuket. According to report reaching me, based on an extensive inquiry through Nigerian Embassy in Thailand revealed that non of his family members survived the devastating Tsunami disaster.

My deceased client lived most of his life time in Nigeria and took here as a home, since according to him he was raised up in an orphanage in his country having been abandoned by his mother. As a consultant to Oil Prospecting Companies in Nigeria he made fortune for himself and I have been his personal Attorney for a period of five years.

Now to the issue-Based on my relationship with my client, he informed me of some wonderful ideas he wants to embark on which was to build one or two churches and even mosque around the third world countries and also donate monies to churches, mosques and also to less previliged homes around the globe too, with this deposit of US$3,860.000.00 thousand he made through a CODED account in his local bank here in Africa which he gave me the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT to keep as his lawyer.

In the event of his death, unfortunately, his wife and children who statutorily are his next of kin are no more and under the existing law here, the Surviving relatives of my deceased client becomes the benefactor. It is as a result of this development that compelled me to go into an extensive search in the internet for possible trace of his family linage but to no avail.

THE BANK Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors, started arrangement for the fund to be declared "Unclaimed" and subsequently be donated as trust fund for arms/ ammunition to further enhance the course of War in Africa for their selfish political interest/investment. In order to avert this negative development, I hereby need your co-operation in order to see that the Will of my late client is actualised. please this should be confidential.
How,I want to seek your consent to present you as a relative to My deceased client by virtue of family linage. As attorney to the deceased the responsiblity to establish your relationship with my client rest on me and to achieve this objective, there are judicial processes involved which I will brief you on subsequent correspondence if you indicate interest with this email address;[charlial@myway.com]

I am not pursuing this claim for the financial gain. It is a duty I owe to my late client as I intend to use part of the funds to establish a foundation in his name, notwithstanding you will be adequately rewarded for your assistance in this endeavour as you will receive 30% of the said funds.

Expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.

Barr Charles Esq.[charlial@myway.com]

CHARLES AND ASOCIATES

SOLICITORS AND NOTARY PUBLIC

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Abuja-NIGERIA






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