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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:
  • "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)
  • "you are advice to send" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • barristermartinsibru_2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Martins Ibru" <barristermartins_10@klementsson.se>
Reply-To: barristermartinsibru_2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:44:51 -0800
Subject: Barrister Martins Ibru (Esq)

Legal practitioner & solicitor
Co-operate Consultant,
#3 Allen avenue, Ikeja,
Lagos, Nigeria

Good day ,
I am Barrister Martins Ibru (Esq), the Personal
Attorney to a Foreign
Contractor,who worked with a Multinational Oil Firm in
Nigeria. On the 11th of September 2001, my client, late Engineer Mark
G. Blaker , an oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of
Nigeria,until hisdeath four years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack
to American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston, assachusetts,to Los
Angeles,California,crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre with 86
people on board.All occupants of the Aeroplane unfortunately lost
their lives.Since then I have made several inquiries to Several
Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also
proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member
of his family ,hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist me in
repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits
were lodged.Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had
an account valued atabout US$26.5Million has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin, so that the fund left will be transferred or have the
account confiscated within the next twenty official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the the relatives for over 4
years now I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued
at US$26.5Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share this money
,65% to me and 30% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your
Government may require.All I require is your honest and co-operation
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 I will want you to send to me on your return email the
following information for the transfer in your favour.
Please you are advice to send your
reply to my alternative email address:barristermartinsibru_2007@yahoo.co.uk

1, Your full names
2, Your contact address
3, Your private phone and fax numbers where we will be
communicating to each other.
I await your kind response, Good day and God bless
you,
Yours sincerely,
Barrister Martins Ibru (Esq)

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