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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:
  • "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.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348053215562 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • barrvictorodo101@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Victor Odo, LLB, LLM, BL,SAN"<general_@myway.com>
Reply-To: barr.victorodo@yahoo.dk
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:00:44 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Could You Be Trusted ?






ODO &amp; ODO CHAMBERSAddress: 1 OBOT CLS. VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS, NIGERIA. Email: barrvictorodo101@yahoo.itPhone: (Office) +234-1-4794011Mobile (Direct Mobile) +234-8053215562

Dear Sir/ Madam,I am Barrister Victor Odo, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Jim santiago a national of your country, who used to work with shell development company in Nigeria, Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2004, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along sagamu express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. 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 track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated order cleared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.Particularly, the Trim ark security/finance company where
the deceased had an account valued at about 11.6 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next thirty official working days.ince I have been unsuccessfully in locating the relatives for over 2 years now.The Governing Body of the BANK has contacted me on this matter and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to lay claims to the Fund. Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your consent to be presented as the next of Kin so that my late client's fund will not be confiscated by the BANK or to be misused by corrupt government officials. I propose a sharing formula of 50/50 if you will agree to stand in as the next of kin and have the funds deposited into any account that you will provide. Please make available to me your Phone numbers and fax, your full names and address, your job description and title so that i can get started with the documentations. Please send your response to my private
email address: barrvictorodo101@yahoo.it Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation.Yours faithfully, Best regards,Barrister Victor Odo, LLB, LLM, BL,SANAttorney at Law.

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