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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • barri_frankbrightchambers4law@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "practitioner frank bright" <barri_frankbright101@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:23:05 -0500
Subject: GOD FEARRING PERSON NEEDED PLEASE.

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER
FRANK BRIGHT& ASSOCIATE
CHAMBERS
44, KOFO ABAYOMI AVENUE,
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
Email:[barri_frankbrightchambers4law@yahoo.com ]

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Frank Bright, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to
Mr. Steve, who used to work with Chevron Oil Development Company in
Nigeria. On the 21st of April, 2002, his wife and their three children
were involved in a car accident along Abuja Express Road.
Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any
of my client 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 but to no avail,
hence,I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client in a Security Company.

Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the
US$45, 000,000.00 (Fourty Five Million United States Dollars).Consequently,
this Security Company issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin to claim
the US$45, 000,000.00 (Fourty Five Million United States Dollars) in their
custody within the next ten official working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund
as the Next of Kin to him so that the fund will be transferred to your
account by the Security Company.

Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet
with you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the
money in this order: 55% will be for me, 40% will be for you, while 5% will
be use don expenses incurred.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can back our claim we
may make with the Security Company.All I require is your honest
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. Please, get in touch with me by my
secured and confidential email address at
[barri_frankbrightchambers4law@yahoo.com]to enable me clarify you further.

I promise you that you are not going to make any expenses in regards to
these transaction.All i need from you is your full co-operation because the
security company will ask for your full identity.

Please i will like you to send down to me your information for me to tell
you what to do next. so that this fund can get to you through my inflence
okay. Your Full name and Sex and Age and Occupation and Phone number.

Best regards .
Barrister Frank Bright.

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