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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)
  • "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.)
  • "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_afestus@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Festus Agu" <barri_afestus33@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barri_afestus@myway.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:33:27 +0100
Subject: WITH TRUST

FROM BARRISTER FESTUS AGU CHAMBERS,
LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY &
HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE
LAGOS -NIGERIA.

Dear Friend,

It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a suprise. This is
because we have not met efore but i am inspired to sending you this email by
the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutualbenefit to the two
of us.

However, I am Barrister festus agu,[the personal Attorney to the late
Engr.Steve Moore a national of Isle of Man in UK], who used to work with
Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) in Nigeria. On the 21st of April
1996, my client,his wife And their three children were involved in
a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road. Unfortunately they all lost
their lives in the event of the accident,Since then I have made several
enquiries to several Embassies to locate
any of my clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccesful attempts,i desided to trace his relatives
over the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail,
hencen I contacted you to assist in repartrating the oney and property left
behind by my client,I can easily convince the bank with my legal practice
that you are the only surviving relation of my client.

Otherwise the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.Particularly,
the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $27million U.S
dollars(twenty seven million U.S.America dollars).Conseqently,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
unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over several
years now.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $27million U.S
dollars can be paid to your account and then you and me can sharethe money.
60%to me and 30% to you,while 10% should be for
expenses or tax as your governmen may require.Your information such as
below:

1.your full name
2.Resident Address
3.Telephone/Fax Numbers
4. YOUR OCCUPATION
5. YOUR COUNTRY/STATE

Is required for immedaite commence of this transaction.I have all necessary
legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I
require is your honest cooperation 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 email[barri_afestus@yahoo.de] to enable us discuss
further.

Yours Faithfully,
Barrister festus agu (Esq)

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