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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  • baris_jacobokara@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jacob okara" <baris_jacobokara@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:57:42 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY

FROM THE DESK OF JACOB OKARA
CHAMBERS,PLOT 157 TINUBU
SQUARE LAGOS, NIGERIA
E-mail: baris_jacobokara@yahoo.com
Date:14/01/06

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Jacob Okara a legal practitioner
and the personal attorney to late Mr. Richard Carrier
who died with his wife and two sons in a plane crash
on the 4th of May, 2002. All the occupants in the
plane lost their lives.

My client was a successful and an accomplished family
man, who made enough fortune before his untimely
death.

After the death of my client his bank contacted me, as
his Attorney to provide his next-of-kin who should
inherit his funds.The board of directors of his bank
adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his
next-of-kin for the payment of this money within 28
working days or forfeit the money to the federal
government treasury account as an abandoned property.

After making several unsuccessful attempts to locate
his relatives, I decided to trace his relatives
through the Internet
inorder to locate any member of his family yet nothing
came out of it.

The bank had planned to invoke the abandoned property
decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the
expiration of the
period given to me.

My late client was a successful businessman, an oil
magnet here in
Nigeria and he left behind a deposit
of($13,722,000.00USD) in his domiciliary bank account
in a commercial bank here in Lagos.I have reasoned
very professionally and I feel it will be legally
proper to present you as the next-of-kin of my
deceased client,so that you can be paid the funds left
in his bank account.

PLEASE SEE THE WEBSITE BELOW FOR CONFIRMATION:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm

The procedure for approval is simple.Once you indicate
your interest,an affidavit of claim will be made and a
letter of admnistration will be obtained from the
probate Registry which will authorise the release of
the funds to you.An application letter will also be
sent to the bank informing them of our intention to
claim the funds.This documents and some others will be
notarised and forwarded to the legal department of the
Bank for vetting and approval.

As you can see everything will follow a normal legal
process,thereby assuring you that you are not exposing
yourself to any legal problem. I will back up all
necessary documents that will be required at the
court.

You dont have to worry about any risk. All I require
is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.All that is required from you is
as follows:

1.Your Full name and contact address as you want them
to appear in
the document here.
2. Private telephone number
3. Private fax number
4. Also inform me on how you want the funds to be paid
to you.
As you can see time is of great essence as the bank
has given me deadline.

We shall both share the funds this way; 55% for me
while 40% will go for your contribution. 5% should be
for expenses cured during the process of transfer.

Contact me as soon as possible so that I will intimate
you with the details.But if you are not
interested,indicate by sending an email so that I can
look for someone who will be interested.I await your
anticipated response.Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,

Jacob Okara (Esq.)

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