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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:
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (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.
  
• 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.
  • dr20solis@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: assurance bank <assurancebankplc01@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 10:13:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOU WILL BE ATTENDED TO AS YOUR ATTORNEY APPEAR TO THE BANK.


Attention:Mr.Daniel P. Solis,

This is to inform you that your copy of application for your funds $11.5m release approval. has been received today 9th May. 2006, I wish to inform you that the management will invited your attorney, as to defend your application and register your name for the wiring of your funds to your account, which your attorney will sign the papers before the approval will be issue in your name.

Note that, this bank is here notifying you that no amount of money is allowed to be deducted or removed from your funds to be transfer out to your account as it has been a fixed deposit, you have to make sure that your representing attorney has the money to settle all the papers of transfer in your name before appearing to the bank.

As soon as your attorney is able to defend your application, and submit your affidavit of claim an approval will be forwarded to you for an immediate transferring of your funds to your account within 72hours from the date your attorney complete his signing of the documents of claim in your name.

We wish you success in your endvoure.

Dr.Abiodun Philip.
Foreign Operation Dept.



Daniel Solis <dr20solis@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello,

I want my representing Lawyer Barr.Okeke Jones to normalize all
the documents relating to Late Mr.Charles Ballassi's
fixed deposited funds to my name (Daniel P. Solis) as the true
beneficiary and to defend me in accordance with my
affidavit of claim issued by the commissioner for oath
as the true next of Kin, thereby allowing my
representing Lawyer Barr.Okeke Jones. to sign my
funds release order documents for my funds to be
transfered into my account.


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