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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:
  • "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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "barr." (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.
• 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.
  • morgan01@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JAMES MORGAN <james_m023@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <morgan01@lawyer.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:12:01 +0100
Subject: URGENT INFORMATION



JAMES MORGAN AND ASSOCIATE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS,ARBITRATORS& NOTARY PUBLIC 101 NNAMDI AZIKWEVICTORIAL ISLAND NIGERIA E_MAIL: morgan01@lawyer.com Atten Dear, I am Barr.James Morgan,a Lawyer by profession,I am the personal attorney to Mr.EDDY Beaudry,who worked for the Chevron Oil Exploration Company in Nigeria. Mr.EDDY Beaudry who involved in an auto car accident along Lagos- Ibadan express road On the 20th of July 2006.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives and Since then I have made several enquiries to the embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but no way. This has proved unsuccessfu,I came to know about you through an enquiry I was making,and i found out that you have the same country name with my client,That is why I have decided to contact you,in order to assist in cliaming his fund and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.
Particularly,the Zenith International Bank where Mr.EDDY Beaudry had an account valued at about (10.5m)Ten Million Five hundred thousand US Dollars,has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the will his account confisticated within the next 21 official working days. Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 1 years now I hereby seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to Mr.EDDY Beaudry so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.5 Million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money, on the parcentage of 60% for me,and 40% for you. All I required is your honest co-operation to enable us cliam this fund. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me by email and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about the details of this transaction by contacting me through my private email: morgan01@lawyer.com Best regard, BARR.JAMES MORGAN Esq.
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