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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:
  • "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)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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: eze kingsley <ezekingsley20@live.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:33:23 -0700
Subject: Good Day



B.A.Agusto Chambers,B.A.Agusto Chambers,Solicitors & Advocates of the Supreme Court,266 Alake Road,Lagos-Nigeria. Hello, I am Barrister Eze Kingsley a solicitor at law.The personal attorney to a late engineer Simon ,who hails from your country.This is an urgent and very confidential business proposition. On the 21th of october, 2005 it was reported to us that my Client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a Local Plane Crash at Lisa in Ifo,Ogun State Nigeria. The Boeing 737 with Flight number 210 left Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos at 7 p.m,enroute Abuja (The Capital City of Nigeria) all occupants in the Plane lost their lives,unfortunately on this same flight were other dignitaries like two diplomats and a host of others died.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 locate you through the internet.I contacted you to assist in claiming this fund from the finance house where he deposited it before his untimely death.The finance company where the deceased had an account valued at about USD$6.3million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for twenty-four months,now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at USD$6.3 million dollars can be paid to you as the next of kin.All I need is your full maximum support and cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction within 10 working days and I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. But before the bank can transfer the fund to your account in your country, there are informations about you that they will need and they are as follows: Your full name, address,Age,occupation, private telephone number, fax number, passport or driverslicense with photograph and bank account number{for the transfer of the fund} to enable us commence on the transaction immediately.Please Visist the crash websites below. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4370286.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4368516.stmhttp://newsunleashed.com/nigerian-airliner-crash-kills-all-117-on-board.html Best Regards,Barrister Eze Kingsley
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