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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "barr." (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.
• 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_john_onyiah2000@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barr_john_onyia2000" <barr_john_onyia2000@terra.com.mx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:02:34 -0600
Subject: STAND AS NEXT OF KIN/BENEFICIARY


FROM: BARR.JOHN ONYIAH (ESQ)
ONYIAH CHAMBERS & CO
LONDON ENGLAND.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.JOHN ONYIAH, an attorney with the above mentioned chambers in LONDON, a personal attorney/confidant to the Late
Mr.Andreas Schranner.On Monday,5th Auguest, 1996,I was appointed as a personal attorney/confidant to Mr.Andreas Schranner,(Late) a German National, An
Astute Business man of international repute, a contract with ecowas countries, whose endeavors spans various areas of Business interest,
(Real estate, contract and Farming .etc) .
Late Mr.Andreas Schranner before his death made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at $20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million United States
Dollars) for twelve calendar months in one of the prime security and finance house here in London(Name witheld).Upon Maturity,the bank sent me a routine notification as
his personal attorney/confident to present any of my late Mr.Andreas Schranner Next of Kin or extented family since Andreas
Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, eight, and
Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet which crashed on Monday, 31 July 2000 into the Hotelissimo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
After further investigation, been his personal attorney/confidant, it was discovered that his only Next of Kin were his wife Maria and only
their daughter Andrea Eich who were also involved in the crash. On further investigation, it was discovered that Late Mr. Andreas
Schranner did not declare any next of kin or relatives in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work here in my custody
exempt his wife Maria and daughter Andrea Eich who are all involved in the plane crash.

The total sum, US$20,000,000.00 is still in the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
All efforts to trace and locate any of his extended family proved abortive.In accordance with the country’s banking laws and constitution guiding
the banking institution stated that after the expiration of 6 (Six) years, if no body or person comes for the claim as the next of kin ,
such money will be revert to the government treasury if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim of the fund. Consequently, It is upon this
respect, I seek to present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas Schranner since no one will come up for the claim.
Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail all the necessary documents as well as detailed information on how this deal
would be carried out. The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty percent for me, forty percent for you and .

I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, as I am his personal attorney/confidant until his death, I will use my power
here to perfect this business transaction & secure Approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this interests you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this
Transaction at hand whatever your decision is.

I await your urgent response. Your detailed reply should contain your
full name, Home address and telephone/cell/fax numbers for easier communication for onward proceedings. Reply me only to my private email:barr_john_onyiah2000@yahoo.co.uk
Most sincerely,
JOHN ONYIAH Esq
London, England.

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