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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:
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Anthony Uba" <anthony_uba5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: anthony_uba@myway.com
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:51:47 +0000
Subject: Good News: Next of Kin

Barrister Anthony Uba
23 Ahmed Onibudo Crescent,
Victoria Island,Lagos.

Good day to you,

I am Barrister Anthony Uba, I am personal Attorney to late Mr. Johnson
Wilson, a national of your country, who used to work with Shell Development
Company in Nigeria. Herein after shall be referred to as my client.

On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife And their three children were
involved in a car accident along sagbama express road, all occupants of the
vehicle unfortunately lost there lives, since then I have made several
enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives
this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track any person who
can assist me to get his fund out from the security company,hence I got your
contact via the Internet.

I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable
by the Finance Firm (Citi-Trust Security / Finance Firm) where this huge
deposits sum were lodged.
Particularly, the above Finance Firm where the deceased had an account
valued at about US$18.5 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next ten
official working days.

since then I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over
2-years now 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 US$18.5
million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.
60% to me and 40% to you I will procure all necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this through.

Do contact me on this my private email address as stated above to enable us
discuss further.

Faithfully Yours,

Barrister Anthony Uba (Esq).

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