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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • +23414757539 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • yemiwakali07@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Yemi Wakali" <yemiwakali18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barryemiwakali@myway.com
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:33:59 -0500
Subject: VERY URGENT !!!!!!!!!

From: Barr.Yemi Wakali
Office: General and Commercial Chambers,
E-mail:yemiwakali07@hotmail.com
Telephone:234-1-4757539
Lagos - Nigeria.

DEAR Friend,

I am BARRISTER Yemi Wakali a Legal practictioner to the General and
Commercial Chambers, situated at Lagos-Nigeria . I am the personal attorney
to Mr PATRICK a national of your country, who used to work as a ,Engineer
with the SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY(SPDC).Here in after shall be
referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and
their only daughter were involved in a car accident along Sagbama express
road.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I
have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you over the Internet to
locate any person who I will present in the bank as the next of kin to my
late client his fund will transfer to the person account for our mutual
sharing.

I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund valued at US$10.5
million left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared
unserviceable by the Finance Institution where this huge amount were
deposited.The said Institution has already issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next 21 official
working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can
be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall
then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.

I have all the necessary information and legal documents needed to back you
up for claim. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable
us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Please get in touch with me through this email:
(yemiwakali07@hotmail.com) for more details.

Best regards,

BARR. Yemi Wakali

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