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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:
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lome togo" (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: D Peter <dp_lawchambers0@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:18:01 +0000
Subject: Get Back To Me




Dear Beneficiary, I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this matter. Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am Barrister Dede Peter the personal Attorney to your late uncle, who was Banking with Ecobank Lome Togo and had a closing balance as at the end of september,2005 worth (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros).The bank now expects the Next of Kin to come forward as beneficiary. Efforts have been made by the Ecobank Lome Togo to get in touch with any of the Deceased Family or Relatives, but they have met with no success.Now the management under the influence of the bank Chairman and Members of the Board of directors, has made arrangement for the fund to be declared Unclaimed so that they can share the money amongst themselves. In order to avert this negative development, it is my duty to contact you since your name was amongst listed in his personal files that was with me but I have to search on net to get your email address. Now that I have contacted you, you are to stand as next of kin to claim his money and properties. All documents and proof to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out by me for this claim. I have secured from the probate an order of Mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, now it is left for you to decide on what you will give me as my percentage for assisting you in this claim. For more details, you should include your direct telephone in your reply for voice to voice communication and further instructions and also guide you on other steps to follow. Yours Sincerely, Barrister Dede Peter Esq.
Tel: 00228-984-7288
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