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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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.)
  • "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 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.
  • +2347031110184
• 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.
  • jonathan.chima@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • johathan.chima@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Jonathan Chima" <jchima4@student.com>
Reply-To: jonathan.chima@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:12:29 -0700
Subject: Good Day (Top Urgent) Call Me


*Firm/Company Name:
Barrister Jonathan Chima. Principal Partner,
Jonathan & Associates.
{Solicitor and advocates}
Address: N0 122/128, Broad Street,
Lagos Island.*
*Direct Telephone: +234 7031110184*
*Private E mail
jonathan.chima@gmail.com<http://us.mc573.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jonathan.chima@gmail.com><http://us.mc573.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=johathan.chima@gmail.com>
*
**

*Good Day**,*
*

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I got your contact from a computerize data following
my effort searching for a trustworthy person to assist me.

My name is Barrister Jonathan Chima I am the personal attorney to late Mr
Samson, who was awarded two different contracts with shell Development
Company here before his untimely demise On the 10th of June 2002.

My client was involved in an air disaster and unfortunately lost their
lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client extended
relatives, but I have been unsuccessful. After this several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet; basically to
locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. *
**
*I contacted you to assist me in recovering the Fund valued at {USD$
15.5Million} Fifteen Million five hundred thousand United state Dollars,
executed contract fund that was approved in favor of my late client, Being
the proposed payment for the contract he executed with the shell Development
Company here before his untimely demise On the 10th of June 2002.

The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the fund
confiscated within the next three Weeks of official working days. Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over four years now, I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased , since
you bear similar surname that will prove you without doubt his relative, so
that the proceeds of this contract fund can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for the transfer. I have all necessary
information needed to back you up the claim. All I required from you is
your honesty and maximum co-operation to enable us see that this transaction
goes successfully. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Finally, your TELEPHONE/FAX numbers and your land mailling address are
urgently needed for easy communication on the commencement modalities of
this claim.

I await your feedback.

Best regard,

Barrister Jonathan Chima*
**
*NB: Please, as a matter of confidentiality, do send your reply via my
private email address as mentioned below:

* *
E-mail >*


*jonathan.chima@gmail.com*<http://us.mc573.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jonathan.chima@gmail.com>

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