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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:
  • "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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • jubrilmartins4@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jubril Martins" <jubrilmartins0101@latinmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:46:03 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT AND HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL


MR. JUBRIL MARTINS,
SENIOR BRANCH MANAGER/
GENERAL ACCOUNT OFFICER,
ORIENT BANK NIG PLC
119,ADEOLA ODEKU,VICTORIA
ISLAND,LAGOS NIGERIA.
TELE: 00234-1-8185974

DEAR RESPECTABLE ONE,

MY SPECIAL GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. AS
STATED EARLIER I AM MR.JUBRIL MARTINS, PRESENTLY
PROMOTED TO THE OFFICE OF A SENIOR BRANCH MANAGER WITH
ORIENT BANK NIG PLC. LATE ENGR.WALTER, A NATIONAL OF
YOURCOUNTRY, WHO IS A CONTRACTOR WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.

HERE IN AFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT ON 30
JAN 2000, MY CLIENT,HIS WIFE, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN
WERE INVOLVED IN THE KENYA AIRWAYS
FLIGHT WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER 5Y-BEN WHICH DEPARTED
FROM NAIROBI TO DESTINATION LAGOS AND ALL FAMILY DIED
IN THIS FATAL AIR CRASH ON 30 JAN 2000, SINCE THEN I
HAVE MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE
ANY OF MY CLIENTS EXTENDED RELATIIVES, THIS HAS PROVED
ABORTIVE.

AFTER ALL THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I
DECIDED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY
HENCE I CONTACTED YOU. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST
IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY
MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED
UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THESE HUGE DEPOSITS
WERE LODGED, PARTICULARLY THE ORIENT BANK NIG PLC,
WHERE THE DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT VALUED AT ABOUT
($10.8 MILLION US DOLLARS) THE HEAD OFFICE HAS ISSUED
ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR HAVE THE
ACCOUNT CONFISCATED 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 THEDECEASED SINCE
YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF
THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT ($10.8 MILLION US DOLLARS) CAN
BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN YOU AND ME
CAN SHARE THE MONEY.40% TO ME AND 40% TO YOU AND 10%
FOR ANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION EITHER IN YOUR HOME
COUNTRY OR MINE, WHILE 10% FOR UNFO RESEEN
BOTTLENECKS WE MIGHT INCUR IN THIS TRANSACTION, AN
ATTORNEY WILL BE CONTRACTED TO HELP US REVALIDATE AND
NOTARIZE ALL THE NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN
BE USED TO BACK UP ANY CLAIM WE MAY MAKE ALL I REQUIRE
IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS DEAL
THROUGH. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE
EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL
PROTECT YOU AND ME FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.

NOTE: I RECOMMEND THAT YOU SEND YOUR RESPONSE STRICTLY
TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX: jubrilmartins4@myway.com FOR
CONFIDENTIAL REASONS AND
BECAUASE OF MY POSITION HERE IN THE BANK. ALSO SEND TO
ME YOUR MOST PRIVATE AND REACHABLE TELEPHONE NUMBER TO
ENABLE ME CALL YOU FOR MORE EXPLAINATION IF THE NEED
ARISES OR YOU CAN CALL ME STRICKLY ON 2348023929280.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A BLESSED WEEK.

FAITHFULLY YOURS,
MR. JUBRIL MARTINS



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