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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 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.
  • +2348054257762 (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.
  • barr_chambermartins_esq800@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paul emeka" <paulemeka_esq52@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:25:04 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL

Barrister Paul Emeka
Suite 12
5th Floor
Bar Beach Towers
V/Island-Lagos
Nigeria-West Africa
Tel: 234-80-54257762.

Dear Sir,

Compliments of the day and how are you doing today?

My Name is Barrister Paul Emeka of the above address and personal Attorney
to one late mr.Peter craig a national of your country, he died on his way to
a seminar in auto crash on the 10th day of October 2002. My late client was
the Chief Executive officer of {African development Oil Company} for 25
years and he was retired on
the 30th day of September 2002.

He was re-contracted as a petroleum consultant to the company before this
unfortunately incident occured on the above date just after a month. He left
all his credentials with my chamber for the drafting of his new contract
agreement that will bind his new contract with african development company.
Before his death my client made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve
calendar months valued at US$7.5M with the International Trust bank of
Nigeria plc with open beneficiary and No one will ever come forward to claim
this fund since his sudden death and according to Nigerian banking law the
money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian government if the account
owner is certified dead and nobody comes forward to claim it after five
years.
So far the bank has just written my chamber aroutine notification to provide
the next of kin of my late peter Craig or have the account confiscated
within the next ten official workingdays.This situation is presently giving
me a serious concern as to what i should do to safeguard this ($7.5m)from
this bank rules.
I want to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since i dont
want the government to confiscate this fund, we will share the
USD$7.5million dollars on 50% 50% basis ones we are through ok. Pls i want
to urge you to view this mail with every sense of responsibility of purpose
and treat your response with
despatch.

Kindly reply on receipt of this mail through our Financial attorney Chamber
Martins Email box(barr_chambermartins_esq800@yahoo.com) only on the basis
of your acceptance to assist me in this transaction, you should include your
direct contact phone nos where we can open communications with you.

Thanks for your anticipated response

Paul Emeka

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