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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (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.
• 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.
  • email.konechambers40@yahoo.ca
  • konechambers40@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: "james kone" <konechambers202@msn.com>
Reply-To: konechambers40@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:33:21 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

Kone Law Firm
6, Kofo Abayomi Street
Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria
www.konelawfirm.com
Email.konechambers40@yahoo.ca

Dear Friend,


RE: WILL EXECUTOR

I am sure that this letter will come to you as a surprise, but I shall be
grateful if you would read with the interest of assisting in this proposal
tendered herein.
My name is Barrister Williams kone, Attorney at Law and Legal advisor to Mr
Phelps M. Dasne, A foreigner who used to work with Mekon Associates Company
in Nigeria.Here after referred to as my Client.

At about 1.35pm on May 4 2002, my Client, his Wife and their three children
were involved in an Air Crash, when the Nigerian Passenger Plane they
boarded, crashed into a densely populated suburb of the city of Kano in
northern Nigeria, killing at least 148 people on board including my Client,
his entire family and the Former Minister of Sport in Nigeria,Late Ishaya
Mark Aku.

For more sunstantiation about the aformentioned incident; please browse
through the underlisted Web Addresses and read for yourself:

http://www.dawodu.com/kanocrash02.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm

Subsequently, since then, I have made several inquires to your Embassy to
locate any of my Late Client's Extended Relatives, which has also proved
unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his
family, hence,i contacted you assist me to repatriate the money and property
left behind by my Late Client before they get confiscated in the Bank
Treasury or declared unserviceable by the Finance House where this huge
deposit were lodged, so that the proceeds of this Account valued at 3.5
Million Dollars ($3.5MUSD) can be paid to your Account.

The Finance House where the Deceased had an Account valued at about 3.5
Million Dollars ($3.5MUSD) has issued me a notice to provide the Next Of Kin
or have the Account dormant & confiscated for inactiveness within the next
21 banking days.

Pragmatically, I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up any claim we may make anywhere. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any Breach of the Law.
Infact, all you are to do is to send the below
information to me,to enable me forward your name to the Finance House as the
next of kin to my late client.

{1}. YOUR FULL NAME.

{2}. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS.

(3)DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER

I am willing to share this money with you at the proportion of 30% to
you,while 10% for any cost being incured during this transaction, and the
balance 60% which is for me will be kept under your supervision immediately
the money is transferred into your account for safe keeping.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction
through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by
my secured and confidential e-mail:
konechambers40@yahoo.ca
discuss further.

For more sunstantiation about the aformentioned incident; please browse
through the underlisted Web Addresses and read for yourself:

[http://www.ngex.com/newsletter]
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm]
[http://www.dawodu.com/kanocrash02.htm].

I await your favorable response

Yours faithfully,

Barrister: Barrister Williams kone.

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