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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:
  • "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.
  • udochamber001@operamail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Aishat Patience Sarowiwa" <saruwiwa2007@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 20:44:48 +0100
Subject: Thank you, contact to him

Dear Alisceon Tessel,

Thanks for your email to me, How are you and your family, Hope all is well.

I am very glad to receive your mail back to me, Why i am sending you this
mail to tell you the feelling of my mind , but i must clear to you that you
have to support with my lawyer and everything, is because of my late husband
Familys was try to get all my late husband proparties he left for me before
his dead, due to take over the Business and be controlling me also my
Husband is a Internation Business man in Oil filled who worked hardly for
his money, i need your help as my lawyer ask me to do just to get my self
out from the country and settle down in a very good country and live the
rest of my life over there and invest in company sector, so that my child
will not be Financialy hardicap.

Pls for God sake you have to help me out, I have gone through somany way and
problems in other to make sure that this funds and my investment was not
claim by my late husband familys or any other person from outside, Pls help
me.

Yes right now you know that i am a woman, I don`t know much about how to
process the fund and the company investment, So pls if i may advise you, It
will be better for you to contact my lawyer for more informations on how to
claim the fund for the investment in my oil sector and to clame it . i ll
send a mail to him to notify him about you now.

The name of the Barrister is,

NAME: BARRISTER DAVE UDOKA.
EMAIL: udochamber001@operamail.com

Pls contact him today and get back to me so that i will know the next thing
we are going to do, I am waiting to hear from you.

Thanks.
Yours.
Mrs Pat Sarowiwa.

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