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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:
  • "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.
• 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.
  • barr_emek@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paul esq" <barr_paulesq@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:09:28 +0000
Subject: GET BACK

ATTENTION:

It is with heartfelt hope that I write to seek your co-operation and
assistance in the context stated below, I am Barrister Paul Emeka, the
personal Attorney to the late
Mr. Peter Ruiz. My late client was the Chief Executive officer of {African
development Oil Company} for 15 years and he was retired on the 30th day of
September 2004. After a month, my client andhis entire family died on their
way to a Conference inauto crash on the 10th day of October
2004.

Before his death my client had a total sum of US$5,500,000.00 with a Finance
House hoping of transferring the fund to his country after his retirement.
Presently, the finance house where the deceased had an account valued at
about 5.5Million dollars has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin of my late client or have the account confiscated within the
next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek your
consent to present you asthe next of kin of the deceased since you have
thesame last name with my client.so that the proceeds of this account valued
at 5.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me
can share the money 50% to me and 50% to you.

I haveall necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we
may make. 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.

Please get in touch with me by my email
(barr_emek@yahoo.co.uk) further.

Best Regards,



Paul Emeka Esq.

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