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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Frank Martins" <f_martins_2@msn.com>
Reply-To: f_martins@terramail.com.sv
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:00:34 +0000
Subject: Please Treat As Urgent

From: "frank martins" <f_martins_2@msn.com>
Reply-To: f_martins@terramail.com.sv
Subject: Please Treat As Urgent (Next OF Kin )
Date: tue, 14 feb 2006 17:36:32 +0000

>From the Desk: Barrister. frank martins.
martins & Associates.
25 Wilson Road Olodi Apapa
Lagos- Nigeria. Private / Highly
Confidential Subject Matter:


Dear Friend,

I got your contact in course of my inquiry to locate relations of my
Deceasesd Client late Engr. Michael Ilic who died in a car crash on
the 13th February 2003.The reason for this is to inherit a Contracts
Payment Deposits Account of $12.5 million of which the Deceased left
in a Finance Firm.

Consequently, having gone through to your profile on Internet, I want
you to please assist me to inherit the fund into your Account. This
request emerged last week when the Finance Firm contacted me for the
attention of my Deceases Client (perhaps for one reason or the other
they have tried to contact him and was unsuccessful).

However, thereupon I announced his death and protocols observed, I was
mandated (as the deceased's attorney)to provide the Next of Kin to
inherit the Deposits or they will freeze it as"Unclaimed
deposit".Unfortunately,
and unknown to the Finance Firm, the Next of Kin was among the dead in
the car crash. But rather leaving the Deposits/Account frozen hence I
seek your help to claim the fund into your Account as you share same names
with the Next of Kin and I have the required Information to execute the
transaction under legal process.

Please contact me for further information and commencement of the
transaction,and I need your full mailing address,your direct telephone
number/Fax number,for this transaction to commence successfully. Be
informed that your compensation will be 30% of this fund,while 50%
will be my share and 10% of the money will be set aside for any expenses
during the traansfer for both side . Please it is only trust and honesty to
ourself will make this claim to work out accordingly,and success will be
our achievement at the end of this transaction.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister frank martins Esq.

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