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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "account opening form" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • barrister.johnson62@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Infowe=20Johnson?= <infowejohnson@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: barrister.johnson62@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 05:52:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT PAYMENT


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:infowejohnson@yahoo.com.co



- FROM MR.GEORGE WILLIAMS JOHNSON AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Email:barrister.johnson62@yahoo.esLet me introduce myself. My name is Mr.GEORGE WILLIAMS JOHNSON, I am the auditing and accounting officer of OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC.I got your contact over the Internet in my searchfor the relatives of one of our numerous customers who died alongside with his family in an air crash. During the routine check in my branch, I discovered an abandoned sum of welvemillion Five hundred united states dollars,(USD$12.5m). in an account belongingto an expatriate customer Mr.Lynn Roy ,a mining consultant/contractor with oneof the leading oilcompany in Federal Republic of Nigera before his accidental death on Saturday 4Th May 2002 in Nigeria via the ill-fated EAS Airline crash. Ever since then, valuable efforts have been made to get to his peoplebut to noavail, as he had no known relatives and more so, he used his wife's name as his next of kin in his account opening forms.I havebeen expecting hisrelatives to come over to claim his money as it cannot be claimed unlesssomebody applies officially for it as his next of kin as indicated in our banking guide but no avail. Unfortunately, I discovered that his supposed next of kin (his wife and children) died with him over the plane crash incident. Over the years, I decided to look for the necessary papers relating to the deposit in order to make business out of it as the deposit was made in my branch. Now that all papers are ready, I am asking for your assistant to release the money to you as his relation/next of kin for safekeeping and subsequent disbursement. I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive but I am assuring you of the Security of us all as modalities have been perfected for a swift and smooth operation. You are being contacted because Since nobody showed up for his money and I don't want it to go back into Federal Republic Of Nigeria account as unclaimed bill when the next audit is conducted. The banking law and guideline here stipulates that such money if remain unclaimed, will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed effect. The request of a foreigner to act as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigne and a citizen of Federal Republic Of Nigeria cannot stand as next of kin to aforeigner. I am ready to negotiate the mode of sharing with you.I will visit your country for the disbursement/investing of my share according to the percentages we shall agree upon after the successful transfer of the money to your account. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%hitch-free and that there is absolutely no risk in it, having concluded the modalities for a smooth operation and my position in the bank guarantees its successful execution. All I require is your honest co-operation, a guarantee of your sincerity and capability to enable us conclude this deal.Note however that the sensitive nature of this transaction demands that you have to keep it absolutely confidential. Please accept my apologies, keep my confidence anddisregard this letter if you do not appreciate this proposition. Please contact on This Email: barrister.johnson62@yahoo.es Thank you very much for your time. Yours faithfully, Best regards, Mr.GEORGE WILLIAMS JOHNSON Email:barrister.johnson62@yahoo.es .

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