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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: "Fina Alesky" <finaalesky@msn.com>
Reply-To: fina_aleskey1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:15:42 +0000
Subject: Important & Urgent mail

Happy New Year!!!

I am Fina Aleskey, an Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(S.A.N.). I am the Personal Attorney to Chief Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, wife of
the present President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Olusegun
Obasanjo. Who was announced dead as a result of surgical operation in Spain
on this 23 October,2005. See below news:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.html

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the firm where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the security company in Europe where the deceased had
deposited about (US$11M) Eleven Million United State Dollars, please make
sure you keep the content as written herein confidential, they reason I
contacted you is because I am unable to travel out of Nigeria presently as
the Government has set a security watch to monitor our movements. I am
accounting other properties to him as he is aware but, I have secured and
mapped the above funds out for our mutual benefit, no relation of hers know
anything about this funds, only the deceased and me.
Therefore I seek your consent to present you as new beneficiary of the
deposited funds so that the proceeds of this valued at (US$11m) can be paid
to you and then we can share the money. All necessary legal documents will
be in place that can be used to back upon any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation and transparency to enable us sees
this deal through. I can guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please do get in touch with me for more details.

Once I have your consent and trust then we can proceed immediately. Your
anticipated response is urgently needed so as to stop further contacts.

Kind Regards,
Barrister Fina Aleskey
Tel:23414775110

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