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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (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.
  • ucheobi2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uche obi" <ucheobi2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ucheobi2005@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:46:14 +0000
Subject: Urgent

UCHE CHAMBERS
36/40 MAZA MAZA
OLD OJO RD LAGOS
NIGERIA.

Dear friend
i am barrister Uche Obi, a solicitor and the personal Attorney to
MR.Jim Walsh,a national of your country, who used to work with shell Oil
development
company in nigeria.
on the 2nd of may 2002,my client ,his wife and their three children were
involved in a car accident along sagamu express road.

ALL occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then,i have made several enquiries to your ;embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful. attempts,i
decided to trace his relatives over the internet,so to locate any member of
his family but do no avail,hence i contacted you.

I have you to assist in repatriating the money that belongs to my client
before they get confisticated or declared as unserviceable by bank where
this huge deposit were lodged.
Particularly,the bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
$14.3million dollars,has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have account confisticated within the next ten official working days.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years
now.

Therefore,i have decide to 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 $14.3 million
dollars,can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.
%55 to me and %40 to you,while %5 will be mapped out for any expences during
the process or tax as your government may require,i have the certicate of
deposit that can be used to back up any claim we may make.All i require is
your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through provide me
with the information below;
1.your full Name;
2.your current mailing address;
3.your Marital status;
4.your AGE;
5.your OCCUPATION;
6.country;[present location]
7.company name;[if any]
8.telephone and fax numbers;
I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED ;UNDER A LAGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT
WILL PROTECT YOU 'FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH ;STRICTLY
VIA EMAIL;[ucheobi2005@yahoo.com PHONE 234-8057937594]TO ENABLE US
DISCUSS
FURTHER.
Best regards,
BARR.Uche Obi[Esq]

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