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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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 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.
  • barrj.ola01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john ola <john.ola01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:59:15 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply......


Hello,

However, I am sending you this letter in complete trust and confidence believing that you will accord me the same gesture. I don't know you are and neither do you know me but I believe that it is once People get to know each other. And since this Business involves such Amount of money it will be important that upon your reply, detail Information of who you are will be necessary And Verbal correspondence will also be convincing enough.

My name is Barrister John Ola. an Erstwhile Legal Adviser and Personal Assistance to Engr. Patrick Deos Santos an European Contractor with shell Petroleum in Nigeria who died in 2002 in a ghastly auto crash along with his wife and only son.

I have represented his legal interest as family and business attorney and also as his Personal assistance for the past 15 years and had been Very close to him till the point of his death and this puts me in the Position to present a bonafide Next of kin since His death,I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my Late's client's Close Relatives but has proved abortive.

My client left the sum of $19.7 million worth of cash with a Security Company here. Thus I have been mandated by virtue of my position as his P.A to affect the release of the Properties and cash to any person approved by me.

Since the bank under the Security Company has given me a deadline to produce the Next of kin or have the account confiscated, it becomes Imperative for me to solicit your assistance to receive this money in your account for me.

All I need from you is your honesty and confidentiality to see this through, for your effort you will receive 35% of the total sum, alos 10% will be set atside for all the expensive you provided at the prossesing of the transaction all together will be 45% for you and55% for me. If you are very much ready to proceed with me, then Contact me and i will Divulge more information to you,Note your personal information is needed such as: -

Your Full Name
Your Full Contact Address
Your phone number
Fax number If You Have It
Age
Occupation
Marital Status

With these i can contact you this is the alternative email address you should reply to (barrj.ola01@gmail.com).

Thanks and i will be more than happy to read from you soonest.
Best Regards.
Barrister John Ola.
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