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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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 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.
  • +447040121605 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • franklynelliot1@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • barr_franklynell21@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Franklyn Elliot" <franklynelliot1@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: barr_franklynell21@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 15:06:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: franklynelliot1@yahoo.ca

BARRISTER FRANKLYN ELLIOT CHAMBERS

Legal Practitioners / Notary Public

Blk 804- Law House Building

Lagos-Nigeria.

Email: barr_franklynell21@yahoo.ca

Fax: 234-4401208

Tel: UK: 44-7040121605

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

It is my humble pleasure to write you this letter Irrespective of the fact that you do not know me.

However, I am presently in Europe now in search of a reliable and trustworthy Person that can handle a confidential transaction of this nature.

I am BARR FRANKLYN ELLIOT, a family lawyer to our former military ruler, General Sani Abacha who died Suddenly in power some years ago. Since his untimely demise, the family has suffered a lot of harassment from the regimes that succeeded him. The regime and even the present civilian government are made up of Abacha's enemies. Recently, the wife was banned from Traveling outside Kano State their home state as a kind of house arrest.

Although, a lot of money has been recovered from Mrs. Abacha since the death of her husband by the Present government, there are still huge sums of money in hard currencies that we have been able to move out Of the country for safe keeping to the tune of US$100 Million.

This money US$60 Million is in three trunk boxes already in Netherlands and US$40 Million is in United Kingdom UK . If you are interested, we will prepare you as the beneficiary of the total funds, and you will share 25% of the total funds after clearance from the Security Company.

It may interest you to know that recently similar transaction was carried out with one MR. Paulo Zigalo of Milano Incorporated Italy who came to the security company after our agreement cleared one of the boxes containing $20million, on my arrival to Italy for our agreement this man was no where to be seen, this is how we lost one of the box. So I am being careful this time.

Note, there is no risk involved in this project because l am involved, as Abacha’s confident.


Therefore contact me on my phone number Tel: 44-7040121605 if you are capable of handling it please reply me.

Please you should keep this transaction a top secret and we are prepared to do more business with you pending your approach towards this project.

I await your urgent response.

Thanks.

Yours Faithfully

- Barr.Franklyn Elliot

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