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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "thomasmbeki95" <thomasmbeki95@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:48:21 -1200
Subject: business




Attn Sir,
I am Barr Thomas Mbeki, solicitor and the personal attorney
to Thomas Hogan a national of your country.On the 21st of
April 2005, my client, his wife and their only son were
involved in a car accident along Accra / Benin express road
where they all died . since then, I have made several
enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives
and this has been with no result.After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
the Internet, to locate members of his family but to no
avail,
hence I contacted you to help in repatriating the money and
properties left behind before they get confiscated by the
Bank here in Ghana .
The Bank where the deceased had an account is valued at
about $28.5 million USD.
Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short
time. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over till now,I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin of the deceased since you share the
same surname so that the proceeds of the account valued at
U.S$28.5 million can be paid to you for both of us to share
the funds: 45% to me and 50% to you, while 5% should be for
expenses or tax as your government may require. I have every
legal documents that can be used to back-up the claim.
All I require is your cooperation to enable us
see this issue 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
through my alternate email address:
Thanks for your co-operation.
Barr.Thomas Mbeki.



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