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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:
  • "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.
  • barr_johnson04@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: barrjohnson@microcamp.com.br
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:27:18 -0200
Subject: Dear Friend


    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 (barr_johnson04@yahoo.com)I await
your immediate response. Best regards, Barrister Funsho Johnson.
_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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