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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • barr_barr_rashidi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BARRASTER RASHIDI <barr_barr_rashidi@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: barr_rashidi4@rediffmail.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:52:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Barrster Rashidi Dasuki


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

My name is Barr Rashidi Dasuki, a legal practitioner and the personal

Attorney to late Mr. Carl Van Hillman, who died along with his wife

and his two sons in a ghastly motor accident along Kumasi express way

here in Ghana. This incident occurred on the 13th of August 2003; all

the occupants in the vehicle lost their lives.

My client was a successful and an accomplished family man, who made

enough fortune before his untimely death. Since then I had made

several inquiries through his country Embassy to locate any of my

clients extended relative but this exercise has proved unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives

through the Internet, to locate any member of his family not much

progress was recorded. My late client was an influential wealthy bus

linesman, a gold and diamond magnet here in Ghana and he left behind

a deposit of ten million United Sates Dollars only

($10,000,000.00usd) in his domiciliary bank account here in Accra

Ghana. After the death of my client his bankers contacted me, as his

Attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune.

The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was

mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money

Within 28 working days or forfeit the money to the bank as an !

abandoned property. The bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned

Property decree of 2003 to confiscate the funds after the expiration

of the period given to me. Despairing at the point of exhaustiveness,


Fortunately, I came across your contact to my utmost amazement, with

my late client and coincidentally too, you are nationals of the same

country. I am convinced that you may be linked with my late client or

that you might provide clue to my search. I therefore, decided to

contact you with these facts before me

Well, my proposal therefore is that, I am looking for a foreigner who

will stand in as the next of kin to my late client. It is not

necessary to be a blood relation to him, nor have the same name. It

is not also necessary to come from the same Country. By virtue of my

closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much

aware of my client financial standing and the bank account he

operates. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be

legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased

client, so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank account,

hence I contacted you. I seek your consent to present you as the Next

of Kin to the deceased since you are at an advantage as a foreigner

so that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at $10 Million

Dollars can be paid to you. we shall both share the funds 45% to me

and 45% to you, while 10% should be for Expenses or Tax as your

Government may require, I shall assemble all the necessar!

y Legal Documents that will be used to back up our claim . All I

require is you been honest to me and your co operation to enable us

sees this deal through. I guarantee that this transaction will be

executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from

any breach of law. Please get in touch with me by


Contact me immediately so that we can discuss further about this issue.


Best regards,

Rashidi Dasuki.(Esq




- BARRASTER RASHIDI

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