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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:
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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.)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348035306294 (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.
  • chrischambers@oued.org (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Chris at law "<chrisobi_9@myway.com>
Reply-To: chrischambers@oued.org
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:02:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Private Massege


BARRISTER CHRIS OBI AT-LAW (Equal Right Chambers)SOLICITORS &amp; ADVOCATES, NOTARY PUBLIC Head Office: 16 Williams Street, SW,Ikoyi, Lagos- NigeriaOffice Telephone +234 803 530 6294, Email:chrischambers@oued.org RC: 47034 Our Ref: JUSTICE/FG2007 Date: 06/06/2007I am Barr. Chris Obi (Esq) personal attorney to Engr.Fredrick, he worked with Zenon Oil Company here in Nigeria herein after, shall be referred to as my client with his entire family (The wife and Children).On December 30th 2002, one of our esteemed costomer Mr. Fredrick made a Fixed Deposit of $7,300.000.00 (Seven million Three hundred thousand u.s dollars) in Zenith Bank branch, for twelve calendar months. Upon maturity I sent usual notice to his address but got no answer. After a month the Bank sent a reminder, finally we discovered from his past employees he was aboard the Boeing 727 Beirut-bound charter Jet which crashed in Benin Republic during take off on December 26th 2003.which, claimed many lives:See the
below link for more news about the air crash:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/I have made several inquiries to your embassy after his internment to locate any of his extended relatives, but all this has proved Unsuccessful. Consequently, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family, which resulted in my contact with you. My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the deposited fund of S$7.3Million USD that was lodged in by my late client in a Zenith Bank PLC when he was alive. The repatriation is as a result of a fourteen days notice (ultimatum) that has been issued to me by the Zenith Bank PLC requesting me to present to them a next of kin to my late client so that the fund would be repatriated to him/her. Failure to do that after the expiration of the ultimatum will result in the confiscation and freezing of the account by the Zenith Bank PLC .For the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over three years now, I now seek your consent to present you as the next kin to the deceased since you have the same last name with my client, so that the fund would be transferred to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, I shall officially present you to the the bank as the next of kin to the inheritance so that they will commence the processing of your fund transfer.Moreover, I would want you to feed me with the following details:Your Full name:Age:Sex:Phone Number and Fax if any:Occupation:All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through,so can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money, 60% to me and 35% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I have all necessary legal information that can be used to back up any claim we may make. Furthermore, what I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transactions through. I guarantee that this will
be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Yours faithfully,BARRISTER CHRIS OBICHRIS OBI AT-LAW{Solicitor &amp; Advocate}

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