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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • james_grant001@yahoo.com.br

Fraud email example:

From: "James Grant" <james_grant005@msn.com>
Reply-To: james_grant001@yahoo.com.br
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:09:20 +0000
Subject: Extremely Next Of Kin

James Grant & Associates
(solicitors$Advocates)
Plot 234,oloku crescent,
Victoria island,
Lagos - Nigeria.

Attn,

I am James Grant, an attorney at law. A deceased client of mine, who
hereinafter referred to as my client,died in a Bomb Blast in Idumabgo-Lagos
Island On 2 February, 2003,with his wife and their only daughter.

I have made several enquiries to his embassy here to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. I am
contacting you to act as the next of kin to my late client as my client his
a foriegner, regarding the inheritance claims of US$21.5 million left behind
by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where the fund was deposited.

The bank has already issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confisicated within the next fourteen official working days. For
the fact that I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2
years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased, so that the proceeds of this account be paid to you.

On receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing
ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal
documents needed to back your claims as the beneficiary of the fund.

All I require from you is your honest and total cooperation to enable us see
this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law,which makes it 100% risk and hitch free.Furthermore, you may view the
website about the news of the blast for confirmation:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm

Waiting your urgent response. Through my alternative email address:
james_grant001@yahoo.com.br

Yours Faithfully,
James Grant.



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