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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 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.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Idris Suleman" <idrissuleman63@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <idris_suleman@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 01:20:57 +0100
Subject: WITH GOOD FAITH


FROM . Barr Idris Suleman
ADDRESS .A2-4, Wisma Nation Horizon,
Jalan Petanak,
P.O.Box 156
93740 Kuching
Lagos.

Good day,
My name is Barrister Idris Suleman and I am an attorney to Mr. Andrew Quarles, a wealthy businessman who died as the result of a heart-related condition on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported n:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

When he was writing his will, he told me of a fixed deposit of (US$17.5 million dollars) with his bank, with orders on how it should be shared between his wife and children. Since he died with his wife and two kids and all efforts made by the bank, the police and myself to get any of his relatives to claim this money were unsuccessful, leaving nobody to claim the funds, I am now seeking your willingness to stand as next of kin to this man since it is the law say that if the funds are unclaimable at the expiration of six years the funds will be divert the Her Majesty's Account.
If interested please reply so that I may inform you on how I plan to execute this transaction and also discuss how we are going to share the funds.

Sincerely,

BARRISTER
Idris Suleman
Private Tell: +234-1-4732762
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