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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "chambers" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: robert nelly <robert_nelly_09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <r_nelly004@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 02:26:20 +0100
Subject: LEGAL INHERITANCE



From the desk ofMr.Robert Nelly (Barrister)Alfa chambers & solicitorsplot 23/25 joint cresentVictoria Islandlagos-Nigeria.
legal inheritance
Attention:Kenneth

Sir,

This is to inform you that death has occured on one Mr. Kenneth a national of your country who worked as an oil marchant and a contractor with the Nigerian National Petrolume Co-operation (NNPC). The above named person has lived in Nigeria for over Ten years and within this years of existance he had a fixed deposit of Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$8.5m) only with a bank here called the African Development Bank Group, Lagos Nigeria.

As a result of this, the bank has advised that I as the legal adviser to the deceased that I make known to them the next of kin or sole beneficiary to the account balance of the Late Mr.Kenneth for claim or the funds will be decleared unserviceable and confisticated as unclaimed deposit considering the financial deposit code of conduct to banks issued by the Nigerian deposit insurance coperation (NDIC).

I am contacting you based on the fact that you have the same last name with the deceased my late client and it will be easy for me to procure valuable document to introduce you as the net of kin rather than to allow the funds be confiscated by the bank ;in addition, please I will advise you to respond immediately to this letter so that we will make the neccessary application on your name as the legal executor to the deceased account balance. For more details and explainations please include your telephone and fax numbers for an urgent correspondence. For your information the late Mr.Kenneth died on the 21 day of April 2005 and since after then I have made all neccessary enquiries to locate his relations not only for the deposit but also for his estate claim as he was a wealthy man while he was alive.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

ThanksRobert NellyAttorney at Law.
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