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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Goddival Odibo" <barri.goddival@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Goddival@mail2emergency.com
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:13:22 -0800
Subject: YOUR RESPOND I NEED!!!

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER GODDIVAL ODIBO (LLB,BL)
LEGAL PRACTITIONER & CORPORATE CONSULTANTS.
OFFICE 44 WILLIAMS AVENUE
VICTORIA ISLAND
ACCRA GHANA

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Goddival, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to
Mr.Daniel Camara. who used to work with Agip Oil Company in Ghana.On the
21st of April 2003, his wife and their three children were involved in a car
accident along Sagamu Express Road.
Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the
accident.Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate
any of my client's relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
theInternet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence, I
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client
in a Bank. Particularly, the Finance House where the deceased deposited the
US$30.5 Million (thirty.five Million United States Dollars only) knows me
very well and has ask me to present some one to claim the fund left by my
late client as they all know I am his attorney.
Consequently, this Bank issued me a notice to provide the Next of
Kin to claim the US$30.5 Million (thirty.five Million United States Dollars
only) in their custody within the next ten official working days. Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased to claim
the fund as the Next of Kin to him so that the fund will be transferred to
your account by the Bank.
Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet
with you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the
money in this order: 40% will be for you,while 5% will be put aside for
local and international expenses Incurred during the transaction. I have all
the necessary legal documents that can back our claim we may make with the
Bank.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this
deal through.I guarantee that this willbe executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Best regards.
Goddival Odibo(E.s.q)
Principal Attorney.

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