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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.)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "EDWARD DUKE" <edwardadukes20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: edwardadukes@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:28:50 +0000
Subject: ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION LAMIE

Dear lamie,

This is not really to cause you any type of embarrassment, I am Barrister
Edward .F. Duke, Personal Attorney to Mr. Harry lamie, an expatriate, who
was a consultant with shell development oil company in Nigeria. On the 21st
of April 2000, my client and his wife were involved in a car accident along
Sagamu Lagos Express Road. Unfortunately they lost their lives in the event
of the accident, Since then I have made several inquiries as to locate any
of his extended relatives, but all proved abortive. After several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to traces his relatives over the Internet,
to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I decided to
contact you.

I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money valued at about
(US$11.5m) that was left behind by my client (Mr. Harry lamie) with the
Union Bank Of Nigeria plc (UBN) before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten
official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the deceased,
the proceeds of this account valued at (US$11.5 million dollars) can be paid
to you and then you and I can share the money.55% to me and 40% to you,
while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I
have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this
project.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any
hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect us from any breach of the law.

Thanks as I look forward to your anticipated maximum co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,

Barrister Edward .F. Duke (Esq.)

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