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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:
  • "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.
  • barrjacob_ola@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jacob Ola" <jacobola01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrjacob_ola@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:59:51 +0100
Subject: Dear Honorable Beneficiary

Dear Honorable Beneficiary,

I am Barrister Jacob Ola,a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to
Mr. Michael Mack, a national of your country, who worked with PETRO BONDS
Limited in Bonny Island, River State as an Engineer and a Consultant in Deep
Sea Oil Exploration. On the 4th of May 2002,my client was involved in a plan
crash with EAS Air Line Boeing 727 from Jos to Kano State along side his
entire family in which all the occupants died as a result of burnt
sustained.

Based on the letter I recieved from the SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY
mandating me to present with immediate effect any of his relation who will
stand as the Next of Kin to my late client.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any
of my clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful, after
several attempts.I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to
locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you
to assist in recovering the fund valued at US$12.5 Million left behind by my
client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Security
& Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited. The said Finance
Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account confisicated within the next twenty one working days.

since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now. I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of his account will
be paid to you as the bonafide Next of Kin.Therefore,on receipt of your
positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through.I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please contact me through this my pravite email ( barrjacob_ola@yahoo.com)

Regards.

Barrister Jacob Ola.

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