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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2348038485330 (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.
  • johywesty_code001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr. John West" <johywesty@myway.com>
Reply-To: johywesty_code001@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:03:03 -0500 (EST)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


Barr. John West Esq.West $ Associates8th Floor Marina.House Ikoyi Lagos.Tel: 234-803-8485330email:johywesty_code001@yahoo.com Dear Friend, I come to you with great honor and respect as I plead for your permission and consent to introduce myself to you and by the grace of Almighty God who gave me the opportunity to contact you this day. I am Barr. John West Esq. and I am the personal attorney to Engr. Peterson, a national of your country, who used to work with Shell Development Company here in Nigeria. On May 28, 2002, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in plane crash in Kano State, and all occupants of the air craft unfortunately lost their lives. http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of his extended relatives, and this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his
last name over the Internet, to locate 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 he deposited sum of US$7.5 million dollars in the bank as the banking guidelines stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed for over a period of time 2 years and few months, with the account unserviceable the money will be confiscated and this will happen after the next then days if nobody comes for the money Since I have not seen any body for the money and his property for the last two years and his bank has been notifying me as his personal attorney and also the Rotary club for the past one year, now I seek your consent to present yourself as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$7.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can
share the money. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If you are interested to work with, please call me immediately on my number 234-803-8485330 or email me: johywesty_code001@yahoo.com for more clarification. Awaiting your prompt response when accepted, be also informed that this needs utmost secrecy. Best Regards, Barr. John West Esq.

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