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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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.)
• 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.
  • +2348063020090 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: ALBERT CHAMBERS <priest_x5@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: albert_lawnet@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:59:51 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FINANCIAL SECURITY.


DATE: 25/03/2007
Our Ref :/021/07.

Tel.+234 80630 20090.

From Albert Martins.
Subject. financial security.
Attn.
With utmost fate, I write to solicit your candid assistance with hope we could achieve a success in the content below.

I am Barrister Albert Martins Personal Attorney to Mr Frank George A Nationale of your country, who used to work with Shell Development Company in Nigeria.
On the 31st October 1999 My Client was involve in the plane crash on Egypt airlines that crashed in America and without anytrace of next of kin.

Precisely there was a deposit of two truck boxes deposited by my client in Global Security Company and Diplomatic Services in Europe containing the sum of [$25,000,000,00.]Twenty Five Million United States Dollars for quite some years now .




They have sent the depositors notifications severally to my office As his personal Attorney for claims but got no response i have wrote several letter to your embassy here to trace any member of his family and relatives all proved unsuccessful Hence i contacted you, i contacted you to assist me in repartiriating the properties Left behind By my client before It declear Unserviceable or Confiscated by the Security Company expecialy this [$25,000,000,00.]Twenty Five Million United States Dollars which he deposited with the security company.

Consequent upon my good reputations in efficiency trust and dynamic services to my clients ,i am contacting you as A reliable capable and trustworthy person to transact this business so to this effect you should not be worried or curious of being contacted.

Based on this i have deliberately concealed this information from the notice of the management with a view of contacting you to stand as the next of kin to the depositor for the claim of the consignment and to recieve this money into your bank account.

We shall share the money thus: 60% to me and 35% to you, while 5% will be used to re-imburse any expenses that might be incurred on both ends and to service the tax that might be incurred in your country.

I therefore request that you forward your tele and fax numbers to my office to enable me start procurements of the relevants documents on your behalf as the beneficialy to this fund, [$25,000,000,00.]Twenty Five Million United States Dollars. for security and authentication required in this deal.
Best Regards.

[Barr,Albert Martins Esq]














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