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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:
  • "dear friend" (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 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 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_allen_john@excite.com
  • barrister_allen_john@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Allen John" <infowebmail@emekustituswebail.com>
Reply-To: barrister_allen_john@yahoo.de
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:12:12 +0000
Subject: REPLY BACK




BARRISTER ALLEN JOHN (SAN)
LEGAL PRACTITIONER, SOLICITOR & ADVOCATE
LAGOS NIGERIA
EMAIL:barrister_allen_john@excite.com
Dear Friend,
I am Barr.Allen John (SAN) Personal Attorney to Engineer Mark David anational of your country, who used to work with Hitech Construction
Company here in Nigeria herein, after shall be referred to as my
client.My client with his entire family (The wife and three Children) were involved in the explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 27, 2002
which,claim many lives and property. Unfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not to have happened.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client prior to his death before they get
confiscated or declared serviceableness by the company where this huge deposits were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at about US$14.7 Million dollars.
The company had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year now I seek your consent as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same Country, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$14.7 Million dollars can be paid to you. I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up your claim. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me as the legal attorney to the deceased in seeing that you receive your inheritance fund. I guarantee that this will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.

Provide me with the following information as follows;
1) Full Name
2) Contact Address (P.O Box not accepted )
3)Phone Number/Fax
4) Occupation
5) Age
6) Sex
7) Marital Status
See the below website for more informations regarding the bomb
explosion. http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/lagos/home.html
Please get in touch with me through my private email address
(barrister_allen_john@myway.com)
Best regards,
Barr Allen John.

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