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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (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 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.
  • barrdahiruchambers001@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:50:48 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE_(ACOSTA)_TREAT_AS_URGENT?=


FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER DAHIRU UMARU.
(UMARU & ASSOCIATES)
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
#73 OKOKO STREET IKOYI
(LAGOS NIGERIA.)
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
DEAR FRIEND,
I am BARR. DAHIRU UMARU, a solicitor at law and attorney to MR.JOHN ACOSTA, a national of your country who was the financial controller with an Oil Company here in NIGERIA.Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 20th of February 2006, my client, his wife and their four children were involved in a car accident along Basam
express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to his country's embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives without Success. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name through the Net to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
The bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $18million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a specific time. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my clients relatives
for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you are bearing the same surname with my late client, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $18million dollars can be paid to you through the account that you will provide. After the successful transfer of this fund into your account, you will take 40% while 60% will be for me, and I have made all necessary legal arrangements to back up our claims, all I require you now is your total honesty and full co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
PLEASE REPLY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME TO HAVE THIS TRANSACTION FINALIZED, WITH ALL THESE INFORMATOIONS.
YOUR FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CONFIDENTIAL TEL/FAX:
MOBILE:
Immediately I am in receipt of this information’s from you I will proceed and have you updated regarding to the way forward towards the conclusion of this transaction.
I await your urgent response.
Best regards,
DAHIRU.UMARU. (Esq.)
PLEASE REPLY TO barrdahiruchambers001@indiatimes.com





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