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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)
  • "barrister" (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.
  • ibrahimmusa20032002@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ibrahim musa <ibrahimmusa022006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:18:29 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE BE THE NEXT OF KIN.


Dear Sir,

PLEASE -E-mail on This Address: ibrahimmusa20032002@myway.com

I am Barrister. Ibrahim Musa, a solicitor at law. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Lewis Smith.a National of your country, who has lived in my country for the past twenty years, and whom here in after shall be referred to as my client. In April 2001, my client was involved in a fatal car accident.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives; my client was one of them. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating most especially, 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 Inland bank plc where the deceased had an account valued at about US$13.2Million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated.

Already I have made a solid arrangement with one of the officials in the bank Mr Tajudeen Datti to pull out the money. I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$13.2Million dollars can be paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, so that you and I can share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

ALTERNATIVE- EMAIL-ADDRESS: ibrahimmusa20032002@myway.com

Please get in touch with me, to enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Best regard,

Ibrahim Musa(Esq.)

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