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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)
  • "million united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barrister" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Samson Atete <barrsamsonatete@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:32:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM BARRISTER SAMSON ATETE



FROM THE DESK OF:
BARRISTER SAMSON ATETE
SAMSON ATETE'S CHAMBER
SUITE 12,TOMAX OFFICE COMPLEX,
TEMA ACCRA-GHANA


DEAR SIR / MADAM,

GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOUR DEAR FAMILY.I AM BARRISTER SAMSON ATETE.A
GHANNIAN CITIZEN AND A FAMILY LAWYER TO THE LATE CHIEF MAFON KOFI WHO
WAS A GREAT DEALER IN MINERAL RESOURCES SUCH AS, GOLD,DIAMOND AND CRUIED OIL HERE IN ACCRA-GHANA.

CHIEF MAFON KOFI LEFT A WILL OF 56KG ALLUVIA GOLD,AND $23MILLION UNITED
STATE DOLLARS,FOR HIS ONLY SURVIVING SON NAMED MICHAEL MAFON,WHO IS
SUFFERING FROM MENTAL PROBLEM. AS CHIEF MAFON'S FAMILY LAWYER,BEFORE HIS DEATH ON HIS SICK BED,HE CALLED MY ATTENTION CONSIDERING HIS SON MENTAL CONDITION, AND ASKED ME TO
LOOK FOR A HONEST AND TRUSTED PERSON ABROAD THAT WILL STAND AS A FOSTER PARENT FOR HIS SON, AND TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF HIM AND ASSIST HIM MANAGE AND INVEST HIS INHERITANCE ( THE GOLD AND $23MILLION U.S DOLLARS ) TILL MICHAEL IS MENTALLY OKEY.


N THIS REGARD, I AM SOLICITING FOR A HONEST PERSON ABROAD TO TAKE
MICHAEL AND STAND FOR HIM AS HIS FOSTER PARENT,WHO WILL ASSIST HIM CLAIM HIS INHERITANCE FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY WHERE THE GOLD AND MONEY HAS BEEN DEPOSITED BY LATE CHIEF MAFON KOFI, FOR 5YRS NOW.
ALL DOCUMENTS COVERRING MICHAEL INHERITANCE ARE WITH ME.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTRESTED TO ASSIST MY CLIENT CLAIM HIS INHERITANCE
FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND STAND AS A FOSTER PARENT FOR HIM,45% OF HIS HIS INHERITANCE (GOLD AND $23MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) WILL BE YOURS. PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTRESTED, SEND YOUR PARTICULARS TO ME WHICH INCLUDE,YOUR FULL NAME & ADDRESS,CONTACT PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,WITH FRONT PAGE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLING PASSPORT.THANK YOU.

BARRISTER SAMSON ATETE



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