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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "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.)
  • "@lawyer.com" (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.
  • +2348027074710 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +23417590017 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • barrister_ndim_richard@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Ndim Richard Okwelle" <chamokoh10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barr_ndim_richard_o@myway.com
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:57:20 +0000
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY PLEASE !!

FROM THE DESK OF:
BARRISTER NDIM RICHARD OKWELLE (SENIOR ADVOCATE )
ADDRESS: 24 ADEMOLA ADETOKUNBO STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA
E-MAIL ADDRESS: barrister_ndim_richard@lawyer.com
TEL: 234-802-707-4710
FAX: 234-1-7590017



HELLO DEAR CHANDLER


I AM BARRISTER NDIM RICHARD OKWELLE (SAN), I AM THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO MR
JIM CHANDLER, AN EXPATRIATE HERE AND A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY. HE WAS ALSO
A CONTRACTOR, WHO EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION (NNPC) HERE IN NIGERIA BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE WAS MY CLIENT.

MY CLIENT AND HIS FAMILY WERE INVOLVED,0N THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER 2000,IN A
FATAL AUTO CRASH ALONG IBADAN/LAGOS EXPRESS WAY, IN WHICH PEOPLE WERE BURNT
TO DEATH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY CLIENT AND HIS FAMILY LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THE ACCIDENT. YOU CAN READ IT ON THIS SITE:

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/11/06/crash.nigeria.death.reut

AND SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY
OF MY CLIENTS EXTENDED RELATIVES THIS HAS ALSO PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER
THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO LET YOU KNOW SINCE YOU
BEAR AND HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS LAST NAME, AS A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY
HENCE I CONTACTED YOU.

I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT
BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY
THE BANK WHERE THIS HUGE DEPOSITS WERE LODGED.

PARTICULARLY, THE ACCESS TRUST BANK PLC, WHERE THE DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT
VALUED AT ABOUT 4.6 MILLION DOLLARS. AND 4.2 MILLION DOLLAR YET TO BE PAID
CONTRACT PAYMENT BY THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY (NNPC). TOTALLING
TO 8.8 MILLION US DOLLARS.

BOTH THE BANK AND THE NNPC HAVE ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE HIS NEXT OF
KIN OR HAVE THE ACCOUNT AND OTHER FUND OWNED TO HIM BY THE NNPC ,
CONFISCATED WITHIN THE NEXT THIRTY OFFICIAL WORKING DAYS.SINCE I HAVE BEEN
UNSUCCESFULLY IN LOCATING THE RELATIVES FOR OVER 2 YEARS NOW.

I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED, SINCE
YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT
8.8 MILLION DOLLARS CAN BE PAID TO YOU.

AND I AM CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BASED ON TRUST BECAUSE THIS MONEY
CANNOT BE APPROVED AND PAID TO ANY LOCAL ACCOUNT HERE IN OUR COUNTRY,
HOWEVER, THIS MONEY WILL ONLY BE APPROVED IN YOUR NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO
MY LATE CLIENT AND THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED TO YOU BY ANY MEANS YOU DEEM
GOOD FOR YOU BY THE BANK AND NNPC. AND I WILL COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AND
WE WILL DO THE SHARING AMICABLY, 50% FOR ME AND 50% FOR YOU .

MORE OVERLY, I WILL PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION / DOCUMENTS FOR THE
CLAIM. ALL I REQUIRE FROM YOU IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE
THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER
LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT US FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAWS OF
OUR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES .

ALSO I WILL BE GRATEFUL IF THIS MAIL WILL BE FAVORED WITH AN EARLIER REPLY,
ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO FURNISH ME WITH YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SUCH AS:

YOUR AGE , DIRECT PHONE NUMBER, MAILABLE ADDRESS,FAX NUMBER(optional) FOR
FASTER COMMUNICATION.

PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME BY MY EMAIL:

barrister_ndim_richard@lawyer.com



OR CALL ME ON 234-802-707-4710 TO ENABLE US DISCUSS FURTHER.

BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER NDIM RICHARD OKWELLE (SAN)

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