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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
• 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.
  • johnfedlawfirm7@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john chukwuma <eddychi18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <johnfedlawfirm7@yahoo.dk>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:09:33 +0300
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF CHUKWUMA JOHN(SAN)


FROM THE DESK OF CHUKWUMA JOHN(SAN)CHAMBERS,LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLICNOTARY & HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVESUITE 1202 OMEGA PLAZA, GARIKIABUJA -NIGERIA.Please Reply To This Email:(johnfedlawfirm7@yahoo.dk) Dear Friend, I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it was borne out of desperation and current development. Please bear with me. I am Barrister Chukwuma John a solicitor at law. I was the Personal attorney to Her formal Excellency Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, wife of the formal president of Federal Republic of Nigeria His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, Herein after shall be referred to as my client. On the Sunday, October 23, 2005 , my client Her Excellency Mrs. Stella Obasanjo had traveled to Spain to undergo surgery and died from complications resulting from that surgery
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