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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:
  • "barrister" (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.
  • sundayobi220@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "sunday obi220" <sundayobi220@mailbox.hu>
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:24:05 +0200
Subject: HELLO MCLEAN





Dearest Friend

My dear this may come to you as a surprise,I am Barrister
Sunday Obi a Solicitor at law. I am the Personal
Attorney to Mr.Albert Mclean, a national of your
country,who use to work with shell development company in
Nigeria.On the 2nd of may 1999, my client with his wife And
their three children were involved in a car accident along
Sagamu Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made
several enquiries to your embassy to locate any member of
his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have
contacted you to assist in repartrating the money that
belong to my client before they get confisicated ordeclared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge amount deposits
were lodged Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had
an account valued at about $40 million dollars has issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confisicated within the next ten official working days.
since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives
for over 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same
country,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $40
million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can
share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should
be for expenses or tax as your government may require, I
have the Certificate of deposit that can be used to back up
any claim we maymake. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this deal through I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get
in touch with me by my email to enable us discuss further.

please contact me only through this follwoing email for
security reason ( Sundayobi220@yahoo.com )

Best regards
BARRISTER Sunday Obi

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