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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "lagos" (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.
  • rotimij@asiamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rotimi james" <rotimijames53@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rotimijames@omaninfo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:34:25 +0000
Subject: Dear Calhoun

Dear Calhoun


I am Mr.Rotimi James (Esq.), a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr.Robert Calhoun , a National of your country, he is known and referred
to as my Client. On the 3rd of June 2004, my client, his wife and children
were involved in a car accident.Unfortunately all the occupance in the
vehicle lost their lives in the tragedy. Since then, I have made several
enquires to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but
all my efforts proved unsuccessful.
After these unsuccessful attempts failed, I decided to track his last name
in theInternet to locate any member of his family or his national hence I
contacted you.



Now my contacts to you is to assist me in repatriating the money in his bank
account here before the account will be confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the finance & security company where he deposit this money
valued (Eleven Million Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand Two Hundred And
Fifty Three United States Dollars Only). More importantly, the finance and
security company where the deceased client deposited these huge sums of
money has served me a write of notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN of my
client or the account will be confiscated.

Since I have tried and failed on sever occasions in locating his relatives I
am now seeking for your consent to present you as the next of kin the
deceased since you have the same last name with him, so that the money in
his account will be paid to you while I will come over to your
country for the sharing. I will take 40% while you will take 45%.and 15%
will be donated to the less privileged and charity organization. I have all
the necessary legal documents that can be use to backup any claim we may
want.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.


Finally, if this business interest you, please get in touch with me
immediately via my E-mail: rotimij@asiamail.com ,also indicate to me your
contact phone and fax number to enable me call you immediately for More
information.


Awaits your urgent reply.

Respectfully Mr.Rotimi James (Esq)
201 Adeola Odekun way
Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria
E-mail:rotimij@asiamail.com

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