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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +2348022469960 (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.
  • juloma_laws519@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JOSEPH ULOMA" <juloma001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: juloma519@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:18:02 +0100
Subject: Call me as soon as you receive this mail

irm/Company Name:
Barrister Joseph Uloma. Principal Partner,
Joseph Uloma & Associates.
{Solicitor and advocates}
Address: 24A BERKLEY STREET (1ST FLOOR)
Onikan LAGOS NIGERIA
Nigeria. Tel: 234-80 22469960.
Reply to ; juloma_laws519@hotmail.com

Dear Timmermans,

Please acknowledge receipt of this mail.

My name is JOSEPH ULOMA. I am the personal attorney to a late  Mr. Michael W. Timmermans, who was awarded two different contracts with shell Development Company here before his untimely demise On the 10th of June 2003.

My client and his wife including their only Son were involved in a car accident here in Nigeria, all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful, after several unsuccessful attempts, i decided to track his last name over the Internet; basically to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I contacted you to assist in recovering the Fund valued at {USD10.2Million} Ten Million two hundred thousand United state Dollars, executed contract fund that was approved in favor of my late client, Being the proposed payment for the contract he executed with the shell Development Company here before his untimely demise On the 10th of June 2003.

The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the fund confiscated within the next three Weeks of 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 to the deceased  as your bear similar surname name that proves without doubt his relative so that the proceeds of this contract fund can be paid to you for our mutual benefit.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for the transfer. I have all necessary information and legal Documents needed to back you up for the claim. All I required from you is honest and maximum co-operation to enable us see that this transaction emerge successful.

So discard any fear or spirit of sckeptisicm, negativity and be commited to this. I have all it takes mentally and legally to back up this inheritance without making any mistake that could put this arrangement in jeopardy. I want to also assure you that there would be no fear of counter claims either now or in the future, undermining the distinct fact that my late client has no one that knows his whereabout , neither had his relatives that could in due course look for him. So do not entertain any fear at all.

Please enclose your contact informaions, telephone fax numbers and your land mailing address to enable me contact you for more details.

 I await your feedback

Best regards,

Barrister Joseph Uloma. Esq

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