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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:
  • "any lucrative business in your country" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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.)
  • "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.
  • barr_jeffadams@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jeff Adams" <jeffads080@msn.com>
Reply-To: barr.jeffadams@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:17:40 +0000
Subject: Dear=Friend.

Dear Friend,

My name is Barrister. Jeff Adams; Personal Attorney to Mr. A. STEELE; a
National of AMERICA, whom has lived in NIGERIA for the past Fifteen years
and thereafter is referred to as my client.

My client MR. A. STEELE died in an air crash in the year April 2002, in the
ill-fated Kenyan Airways. My late client has a total sum of US$14.7 Million
deposited with the STANDARD INVESTMENT TRUST BANK OF NIG. PLC. Due to the
present predicament of my client, the family till now can not be located and
I been his Personal Attorney wish to contact you to act as his relation
(NEXT OF KIN) to secure the release of this fund from the bank to your
nominated bank account since you bear same last name with him.

For your effort and assistance to this and to facilitate the collection of
the money, you will be entitled to 50% of the total sum as compensation. You
will also assist me to invest my own share of the fund in any lucrative
business in your country since the family of my late Client is now unknown
and has remained unknown and I will not want this fund to be sent to the
treasury or Vault/confiscated according to the information I received from
PESIDENCY through the bank (SITB NIG. PLC.) Last week.

Please you are requested to indicate your interest by sending to me your
urgent response. Through this E-mail address: barr_jeffadams@hotmail.com

Finally, you should pls. Bear in mind/remember that you are entitled to only
50% of the total sum as a compensation over your kindly assistance, while
50% will be left for me for investment project in your country under your
directive, and if in the course of this transaction there is any expense to
be made, it will be the responsibility of we both to make things go easy in
respect of this development. But every expense that will be made is going to
be deducted from the total sum before sharing the fund according to normal %
ration in this proposal after you must have confirmed the fund into your
nominated bank account.

Thanks for your good understanding and co-operation.

Your reply is urgently expected.

Best regards,

Barr. Jeff Adams (SAN).


N/B: PLS.SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
barr_jeffadams@hotmail.com

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