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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 united states 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.)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • barrdarlingtonwallace5@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barrdarlingtonw@volny.cz (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:50:18 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?iso-8859-2?Q?PERSONAL_MEMO/GET_BACK_TO_ME_WITH_YOUR_DETAILS.?=

Barrister Darlington Wallace
EQUITY CHAMBERS & CO.
Address: 28 Probyn Road
Ikoyi Lagos Nigeria.

TUESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2008

Dear Partner,

I am Barrister DARLINGTON WALLACE of EQUITY CHAMBERS & CO.This mail is
written and intended to solicit your assistance to be presented as NEXT
OF KIN to my Late Client. My Deceased Client Richard Burson,(77,Venice
Isles FL,USA) He made a fixed Deposit of Funds value dat USD 8M (Eight
Million United States Dollars Only)with a Bank here in Nigeria.Unfortunately
lost his life abroad Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed in to the Atlantic
Ocean on October31st,1999(news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm)
and left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except some vital documents
related to the Deposit still with me.All efforts by me to trace his
Next of Kin proved abortive because he did not make any will prior to
his death.

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: barrdarlingtonwallace5@yahoo.de

Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Darlington Wallace

EQUITY CHAMBERS & CO.

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