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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 amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • john_ngomene@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • privatecontact@ny.com
  • privatecontact@ny.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?Ngomene=20John?= <john_ngomene@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: johnngomene1@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:19:49 +0800 (CST)
Subject: REPLY SOON


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BARRISTER: John Ngomene

Solicitors & Attorneys

4 Norman Williams Close, Ikoyi,

Lagos - Nigeria.

Email: privatecontact@ny.com

Phone: 2341 433210


Attention: Sir,


My names are Barrister John Ngomene (Esq. .I am the Family Secretary/legal adviser to the former President Charles Taylor before he was forced out of power and sent into exile in Nigeria.

The family has huge sums of money about ($10.5M) safely deposited in CASH with a security Company in West Africa.

President Taylor wants to invest the money but want me to look for a trusted and honest person who can invest this money on behalf of his family as proxy. I have chosen you because of your track record as a honest person.


You will be paid Management/Trusteeship fees of 30% of the total sum for managing and investing the funds as proxy on behalf of the family.

However, you will have to in return pay me from the pro it accrued for introducing and bringing you to the family. On this you and I will have to sign an agreement before I can bring you directly with the family.

Nevertheless, there is a diplomat who is assisting to facilitate this transaction and he has concluded arrangements to have this funds transferred through to your nominated account.


There is no risk involved at all so long you can invest the money.

You will also sign a formal working agreement with the Diplomat on behalf of the family in West Africa. I will issue you a letter of Power of Attorney and the Certificate of Deposit to enable you take delivery of the funds from the security company in West Africa to be accompanied by the diplomat. Please tell me in confidence can you handle it? Can you invest this huge amount of money successfully? Have you ever handle such huge amount of money before? How old are you?



I look forward to your response.

Regards,

Barrister John Ngomene (Esq.)

privatecontact@ny.com

- Ngomene John

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