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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 next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "JAMES LAKE CHAMBERS" <j_lakechambers01@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:32:20 +0000
Subject: I WANT AN IMMEDIATE REPLY.

JAME LAKE ASSOCIATES AND CHAMBERS,
37 TRANS AMADI INDUSTRIAL LAYOUT,
PORT-HARCOURT NIGERIA.
DESK OF BARRISTER JAMES LAKE,

Dear Friend,

Iam barrister James Lake, a solicitor at law, Iam the personal attorney to
the late Mr. Willson Anttoine,  an expatriate, a national of your country.
On the 7th of november my client was involved in a car accident,
unfortunatelly he lost his life.

I have contacted you to assist in the repatriating of the money and property
left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this hudge deposit was lodeged.

The bank where the deceased had an account valued at 17.5 million pounds has
issued me with a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next twenty one working official days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the
proceeds of this account valued at 17.5 million pounds can be paid to you,
subseqentelly to be shared among us if you agree, the percentage will be
60%/40%.

I have all necessary documents that can be used to back up any cliam we may
make, all I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through.I must also sincerely inform you that this transaction
is capitally intensive, but any charges that might crop up from the bank
will be paid by the both of us.the bank has its rules /banking ethics that
has to be obeyed.

I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Best regards,

James Lake (Esq).

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