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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348024216088 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • bfbby1@yahoo.co.uk
  • bfbobby2006@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BFBBY@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:54:37 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?VERY=20URGENT=20AND=20IMPORTANT?=

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER FRANK BOBBY,
FRANK & ASSOCIATE CHAMBERS
44, KOFO ABAYOMI AVENUE,
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
Email:bfbby1@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 234-802-421-6088

Dear Friend,


I am Barrister Frank Bobby, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.
Steve, who used to work with Chevron Oil Development Company in Nigeria.
On the 21st of April, 2002, his wife and their three children were involved
in a car accident along Abuja Express Road. Unfortunately, they all lost
their lives in the event of the accident .

Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of
my client 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 to no avail, hence, I contacted you
to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client in a Security
Company.

Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the US$15
Million (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only). Consequently, this
Security Company issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin to claim
the US$15 Million (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only) in their
custody within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful
in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of
Kin to him so that the fund will be transferred to your account by the Security
Company.

Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet with
you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the money
inthis order: 45% will be for me, 40% will be for you, while 10% will be
use don expenses and transfer of funds to your home

I have all the necessary legal documents that can back our claim we may
make with the Security Company.All I require is your honest co-operation
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 t! he law. Please, get in touch with me by my secured
and confidential email address at bfbobby2006@yahoo.com.hk to enable me
clarify you further .

You are needed as a next of kin to inherit your brother left fund

Best regards .
Barrister Frank (Esq)

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