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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)
  • "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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "barrister" (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 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.
  • barrister_johnson04@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barrjohnson@microcamp.com.br
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:50:20 -0200
Subject: VERY URGENT




     FROM:BARRISTER FUNSHO JOHNSON 16,PARK VIEW ESTATE
IKOYI LAGOS,NIGERIA.  Dear Friend,  This mail is not intended to
cause any embarrassment in whatever form to you but I must solicit your
confidentiality, I know a proposal of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that it is sent in good faith
and will be of mutual benefit to both parties. I am Barrister Funsho Johnson,
the Personal Attorney  to Late Mr.Thomas, an American Citizen, who
worked with African Petroleum Company in Nigeria.





On December 26th 2003,Mr.Thomas, his wife and their only doughter aboard the,
Boeing 727 Beirut-bound charter Jet which crashed on takeoff on December 26th
2003, see the below link for read more news about the air crash:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ Since then I have made
several inquires to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has prove unsuccessful and these several unsuccessful
attempts to locate any member of  his family hence I contacted you.





I am contacting you to assist me to repatriate the money and property left
behind by Mr.Thomas before they get confiscated inthe bank treasury or
declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at
about  $US15.3 million dollars has issued me a noticeto provide the next
of kin or  have the account confiscated within thenext fourteen official
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name as that of my late client, so that
the proceeds of this account valued at $US15.3Million dollars can be paid to
you and then you and me can share the  money.





I am ready to get all necessary legal documents approved in your name as the
next of to my late client,fromthe respective offices concerned,so that the
bank where the fund is deposited can be given instruction to transfer the
funds into your bank account that you will provide (as the next of kin). All
I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a Legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I am willing to
give you a reasonable percentage (40%) of this money at the conclusion of the
transaction, and (5%) will be for any expense that may incure in the
transaction on both parties, while (55%) will be for me.If you have accepted
to work with me, then fill free to:





PROVIDE YOURFULL INFORMATION SUCH AS, NAME, ADDRESS,AGE, SEX, TELEPHONE
AND  OCCUPATION STATUS.





Also be informed that this Transaction will takeus just 14 working days to
accomplish beginning from when I receive your Data's. After you have been
made the next of kin,We will then file an application for claim to the bank
on your behalf as soon as I secure the necessary approval and letter of
probate in your favor for the movement of the funds to an account that will
be provided by you.





This process is 100% risk free as I have set out all the modalities to
seethat a legalized method is used because I will prepare all the necessary
documents. If you are not interested, please delete this letter so that I can
scout for another competent partner to conclude this transaction. Should you
be interested please send me your full information as requested above on my
private email adress (barrister_johnson04@yahoo.com)I await your immediate
response. Best regards, Barrister Funsho Johnson.


_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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