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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million 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.)
  • "abuja" (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.
  • frank_bobby300@yahoo.com
  • atfrank_bobby300@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "frank bobby" <frank_bobby22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lyon_maruinmm@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:18:56 +0100
Subject: FRANK BOBBY & ASSOCIATES

FRANK BOBBY & ASSOCIATES
44, KOFO ABAYOMI AVENUE,
VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS
NIGERIA.
E-mail; frank_bobby300@yahoo.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Frank.B.Abuah, a Solicitor.
I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Steve, who used to work with Chevron Oil
Development Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April, 2002, his wife and
their three children were involved in a car accident along Abuja 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 my
client relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. 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, hence, I contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client in a Security
Company.

Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the US$15
Million (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only). Consequently, this
Security Company issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin to claim the
US$15 Million (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only) in their custody
within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of Kin
to him so that the fund will be transferred to your account by the Security
Company.

Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet with you
for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the money in
this order: 55% will be for me, 40% will be for you, while 5% will be used
on expenses incurred. I have all the necessary legal documents that can back
our claim we may make with the Security Company.

All I require is your honest co-operation 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 secured and confidential email address
atfrank_bobby300@yahoo.com to enable me clarify you further.

Best regards.
Barrister Frank.B.Abuah (Esq)

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