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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:
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348028117733 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • barristerkadi3@yahoo.com.vn

Fraud email example:

From: barrister kadi <barristerkadi2@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: barristeregbekegbe@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 08:22:53 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: BARRISTER EGBE KADI EGBE. LL.B


BARRISTER EGBE KADI EGBE. LL.B
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
NIGERIA BAR ASSOCIATION
104,AWOLOWO ROAD, IKOYI
LAGOS - NIGERIA
TELL: +234-8028117733
E-mail: barristerkadi3@yahoo.com.vn

Dear Sir,

I am Barrister Egbe k. Egbe, Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to
Mr Mark Cooper a national of your country, who used to work with shell
development company in Nigeria.

On the 21st of April 1999, 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 your Embassy to locate any
of in my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsu
ccessful.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.

I contact you to assist me in receiving the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits lodged.Particularly,
the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $9 million
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 relatives for over
3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since you are from the same country so that the proceeds
of this account valued at $9 million dollars can be paid to you and
then you and me can share the money. 60% to me and 30% to you,while 10%
should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.

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.

Barrister Egbe kadi. Egbe,

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