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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "barr lawrence nortey" <barr_lawrence_private@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 19:48:13 +0100
Subject: AM WAITTING FOR YOUR REPLY

Greetings

The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence,i am making this
proposition because i have to seek the partnership of a resource person to
help me realise this project.
I am Barr.Lawrence N.Nortey, an attorney at law and a notary public,based
in Ghana.
On the 7th of May 2004, my client Mr Mark Lance,his wife and their only son
were involved in a car accident along Accra/Kumasi expressway.Unfortunately
they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, since then i have
made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives and
this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his
family , hence I contacted you.I contacted you to assist in repatriating the
money and property left behind before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where my client lodged these huge
deposits.Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at
about Sixteen million Two hundred and Fifty thousand U.S Dollars($16.25m).
Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within a short time.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years
now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you bear the same surname so that the proceeds of the account valued
at U.S$16.25 million can be paid to you for both of us to share the funds,
55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your
government may require.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to backup the claim.
All I require is your honest cooperation 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 the law .Please get in touch with me
through this my e-mail to enable us discuss further.
As soon as you get back to me,i will send you my id card,so that you will
know whom you are dealing with.

Thanks for your kind co-operation.
Barr.Lawrence N.Nortey.

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