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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "IDEMMILI" <barr_idemmili_igwe@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:42:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Attention: Kikka Beckst


Barrister: IDEMMILI IGWE,Senior Advocate &amp; Notary Public.ATTN: Kikka Beckst,I AM BARRISTER IDEMMILI IGWE, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANCE TO LATE ENGINEER MARK BECKST A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY AND A BUSINESSMAN WHO LIVED AND WORKED IN MY COUNTRY AS THE FINANCIAL COMPTROLLER WITH SHELL OIL DEVELOPMENT COMPAMY. ON THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2001 LATE ENGINEER MARK BECKST DIED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE AMERICAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 11 FROM BOSTON - MASSACHUSETTS TO LOS ANGELES - CALIFORNIA WHICH CRASHED INTO THE NORTH TOWERS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE WITH EIGHTY-SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD, ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE AEROPLANE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST IN CLAIMING THE MONEY AND PROPERTIES LEFT BEHIND BY MY LATE EMPLOYER BEFORE IT IS DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THESE HUGE DEPOSIT WERE LODGED. THE FINANCE COMPANY WHERE THE DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT VALUED AT US$21,500,000.00 (TWENTY-ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) HAS
ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR HAVE THE ACCOUNT FROZEN WITHIN THE NEXT ONE MONTH FROM NOW BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I LEARNT THAT HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN BEING HIS ONLYDAUGHTER DIED ALONG WITH HIM IN THE PLANE CRASH THEREBY LEAVING NOBODY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FUND BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM, I AM THEREFORE SEEKING YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED SINCE YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME (BECKST) WITH HIM SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT US$21,500,000.00 CAN BE PAID TO YOUR ACCOUNT. IF YOU AGREE WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PERCENTAGE SHARE UPON YOUR RESPONSE AND CONSENT. I HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO BACK UP ANY CLAIM WE MAY MAKE, ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST AND MAXIMUM COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS DEAL THROUGH AND I GUARANTEE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU AND I FROM FROM THE BREACH OF THE LAW. I ANTICIPATE YOUR FAVOURABLE
RESPONSE SHORTLY.YOURS TRULY,BARRISTER IDEMMILI IGWE

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