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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:

• 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Agu" <r_agu11@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:16:11 +0000
Subject: FROM BARRISTER RICHARD AGU

Dear Rikard Kruger,

I want to inform you that I have made an overall survey of the total
transfer cost of getting this fund transferred into your account as well as
securing all the statutorily required clearance document to ensure a hitch
free transfer of the fund so that neither your government nor any agency
will question the transfer.

I have been in meetings with the director of international remittance to
ascertain the actual overall cost of this as well as getting a financier
involved no matter the percentage he may want at the end of the transfer.

I have initiated bargain with a financier who is capable and willing to
finance the overall cost of the transfer of the fund to your nominated
account in your country.

He said he would be taking 20% interest on pay back of the amount he
invested into the project. For example, if he invested $100,000.00, after
the fund is transferred, he will be expecting us to pay him $120,000.00. He
equally said that he should be making the funds available through you as the
beneficiary of the account to be credited so that you will be quite sure of
how much he invested into the project at the end of the day incase of his
percentage interest on pay back.
He also requested for my landed property documents as collateral security to
the loan, of which I told him my personal lawyer should be submitting it as
soon as I concluded with you.

I told him I would be getting back to him as soon as I finalize with you.
Please kindly get back to me immediately so that I will proceed finalizing
talks with him.

Thanks,
Barrister Richard Agu
SAN

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