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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.)
• 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.
  • chamber_of_anthony@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Anthonypeters <tonypeteze@virgilio.it>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:52:40 -0800
Subject: Urgent assistance


Permit me to introduce my humbleself to you.....

I am Barrister Anthony Peters, a solicitor at law.

I am the personal attorney to Mr Micheal Craig, A foreigner who use to work with Chevron/Texaco in Nigeria,On the 2nd of April 2001, my client his wife and his only son had an accident and all the occupants died.
Since then I have made several enquiries to their embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
relatives over the Internet,to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist me in repartrating the money left behind by my client before they get confisticated or declared unserviceable by the finance house where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly,the Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc where the deceased had an account valued at Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars ($12,500.000) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next fifteen official working days. since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over four years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $12,500.000 Million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and i can share the money. 60% to me and 40% to you, I have all 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 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 through my ptrivate secured and confidential email (chamber_of_anthony@yahoo.com) to enable us discuss further.

Best Regards.
Barrister Anthony Peters, Esq.

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