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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:
  • "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.)
  • "barr." (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.
  • emmanuelnwachukwu2005@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "emmanuel Emmanuel" <emmanuel022005@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:55:02 -0800
Subject: BARR. E. NWACHUKWU,

Barr. Emmanuel Nwachukwu BARR. E. NWACHUKWU,
MIRRIOR JUSTICE CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
NO5 OLD OJO ROAD, AMUWO ODOFIN
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

Dear Sir,Friend
I am Barrister . Emmanuel Nwachukwu, a solicitor at law. One of my client a
National of your country, who has lived in my country for the past twenty
years, and who hereinafter shall be referred to as my client who who dead
with his family of three .
In April 4, 1999, an Auto Crash involving . My client and his family happen
to be among the crashed victims. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my client before they

get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Gulf Bank Plc. where the deceased had an account valued at

about USD15 ( fifteen million, United States Dollars only) has issued me a
notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated. The
request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the
fact that the customer was a foreigner as you .
I therefore seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at 15 million dollars
can be paid to you, as my client's Next of Kin, so that you and me can share

the amount on a mutual agreed percentage.

All legal documents to back up your claim, as the deceased Next of Kin will
be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation 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.

Note that it does not necessarily matter, whether you are biologically
related to the deceased or not. As you can bear with me, a next of kin to
one, may be a Parent, Sister, Brother, Close Relative, Associate, Friend or
even a Well-wisher. So, whether you are related to him or not is never a
barrier to your kinship in the transaction.
I await your most urgent response so as to enable us discuss further about
this transaction and your entitlement on the transaction.reply
here::emmanuelnwachukwu2005@latinmail.com

Best regards

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