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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +2348024243179 (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.
  • johnachomubaa@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "achomubaa johnie" <johnachomuba200@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnachomubaa@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:45:36 +0100
Subject: EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE.

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER JOHN ACHOMUBA.
TEL:234-802-424-3179.
NO 10 ACHOMUBA LAYOUT IKEJA, LAGOS NIGERIA.
PRIVATE E-MAIL:johnachomubaa@hotmail.com SEND YOUR MAILS FOR SECIRITY
REASONS.

Hello Valued Friend,

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON.

I am BARRISTER JOHN ACHOMUBA, a solicitor at law. I am
the personal attorney to Late Mr. J.C.WILLIAMS , a national of your
country, who worked with shell development company in Nigeria also a one
time secret agent in transferring of money overseas for the Late head
ofstate of
Nigeria {Late Gen.SANI ABACHA}.

Before his death On the 21st of April 1999 [my client,
his wife and their three cildren were involved in a car accident along
shagamu express road Lagos, Nigeria in which all the occupants of
vehicle died}.

My client deposited as family belongings in a CONSIGNMENT {iejewelries}
valued the sum of US$17.5m in dedicated Bank , Lagos-Nigeria for
himself, with the hope of transferring it to his country as soon as he is on
leave.

Since his death I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended relatives but this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace any of
his relatives,friends 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 these Consignment (Money) were
Deposited.

Particularly, the dedicated Bank , where the deceased Deposited the
Consignment valued at about Seventeen million,Five Thousand United
States Dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the
next ten official working days.

* Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over four years now, I seek your consent to present you
as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that
the proceeds of this Consignments-(Money) valued at US$17.5 M can be
claimed by you and shared between us in the ratio of 60% to me and 40% to
you.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this dealt
through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of
the law.

Note that it does not necessarily matter, whether you are biologically
related to the deceased or not. The fact that your name has something
to do with his, is an express ticket to your assuming the kinship to the
deceased.

As you can bear with me, a next of kin to one, may be
a Parent, Sister, Brother, Close Relative, Associate, Friend or even a
Well-wisher.

So, whether you are related to him or not is never a
barrier to your kinship in the transaction.

* PRIVATE E-MAIL:johnachomubaa@hotmail.com SEND YOUR MAILS FOR SECIRITY
REASONS.
With best regards,
BARRISTER JOHN ACHOMUBA

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