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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:
  • "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)
  • "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.
  • barristerbellococa@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?barrister bello coca=20bello coca?=" <barrister_bello@wanadoo.es>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:34:36 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!


BARRISTER BELLO COCA
Senior Advocate, International Legal Practitioner
Bello Coca Chambers & Financial Attorney
50 Western Avenue, Lagos-Nigeria
Email: barristerbellococa@myway.com
MOBILE NUMBER: 234 807-711-4616

Dear Sir/Ma,

I am Barrister Bello Coca (Solicitor)a national from Mali . I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Jordan David, a national of your country, who used to work with Chevron Oil Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2005, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Warri Sapele Road in Delta State.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to, trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you as supposed relative to enable both parties claim this fund for our own use I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance House where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Finance House where the deceased had a valued of US$9 million dollars to be precisely has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$9 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money 25% to you and 70% for me, while 5% should be for incidental expenses that government may require either in your country or mine. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the claim. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I expect the fund to be in any account of your choice in next 6 working days from the date of the receipt of the following information from you:

Your Full Name:
Contact Address:
Private Phone / Fax numbers
Age / Occupation

Please get in touch with me by my email: (barristerbellococa@myway.com
) so that i can call you on phone to enable us discuss more or you call
me on my direct line
I look forward to your urgent response.
Best Regards,
Barrister Bello Coca.

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