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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: larry ejiama <barr_larryejiama1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 06:33:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL .....


Greetings :
You may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I got your contact
from the Chamber of Commerce and Trade. I have decided to contact you
for confidential,urgent and rewarding joint business. My name is
BARRISTER LARRY EJIAMA,
I was a Personal Assistant to the Late wife of the President of the
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,Mrs Stella Obasanjo, who died undergoing a
tumour surgery in SPAIN 22nd of October 2005 and my aim of writing to you
is because of the need for a trusted and honest person, who I can
entrust the sum of USD17,500,0000 (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollras). Source of the money: I and the late FIRST LADY secured this
money in a SECURITY COMPANY in Cote'd Ivoire,in my name before her death.Now I can
not travel out of NIGERIA, where I am on as the PERSONAL ASSISTANT to
the late first lady as all eyes will be on me,and all Nigerian as still
commiserating with the family of the FIRST LADY, hence I am asking for
your assistance to have this money in your care pending when I will
secure travel documents to come over to your country.If you accept this
offer we shall share the money as follows: for you, 30%, 70% for me. I
have all the title documents to the fund which I can transfer to you!
to enable you have assess to it. Be assured that is risk-free and
legitimate.
Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately
Please I await your prompt reply.
Barrister Larry Ejiama,
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