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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:
  • "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)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • ekeneamuel@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sameke@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:05:56 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TOP=20SECRET/NEXT=20OF=20KIN?=

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
SAMUEL AND SAMUEL & CO CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES.LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND
SOLICITOR OF CO-OPERATE CONSULTANCE Suite 202 Omega Plaza, Apapa
Lagos-Nigeria Annex: 2 Onikan Avenue off Race Course, Ikoyi Lagos
Nigeria.
Email:ekeneamuel@yahoo.com
Our ref:------------- Your ref:---------------- Date:27/8/2006

CLAIMANT OF FUNDS
(TOP SECRET)

Read this proposal with good understanding because I want to transact this
business with you. Mostly why I chose to participate in this regard as rightful
next of kin to inherit this money is due to havenât locate my late client
relation and the bank where the money is been deposited give me ending of
Feb 2006 to provide the next of kin or else the money will be forwarded
to Government abandon property. Any question you have in this proposal feel
free to ask me for more clarification ok. Again any suspicious mail you
receive outside this transaction just forward them to me for more investigation
and confirmation to avoid confusion in this regard during the process.

Attn, Sir/Madam

I am Barrister Samuel EkeneEsq), the Personal Attorney to a Foreign Contractor,
who worked with a Multinational Oil Firm in Nigeria. On the 11th of September
2002, my client, a American National,late Engineer A.Goins,
an oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until
his death Three years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack to American Airlines
Flight 11, from Boston, Assachusetts,to Los Angeles, California, crashedinto
the North Tower of the World Trade Centre with 86 people on board. All occupants
of the aero plane unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made
several inquiries to Several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail. Then
I have to contact you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
Bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where
the deceased had an account valued at about US$27.5 Million has issued me
a
notice to provide the next of kin, relatives so that the fund left will
be transferred or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful
in locating the the relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this
account valued at US$27.5Million can be paid to you and then you and I can
share this money.

55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your
Government may require.

All I require is your honest and co-operation 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.I will want
you to send to me on your return email the following information for the
transfer in your favor.

1, your full Name
2, your contact Address
3, your private phone, mobile and fax numbers for easy communicating
for each other.
4, your personal banking Name and address.
5, your sex and age

I await your kind response, please if you are interested and capable in
handling this deal with me, due reply only on my alternative email address
for security reasons : ekeneamuel@yahoo.com.
And note that the nurture of this deal needs a very top secrecy.

Best Regards,
Barrister Samuel Ekene(Esq) NBA

Attention if my proposal accepted by you please consider the topmost secret
of this inheritance claim therefore with this reasons you advice to reply
back to me here to my private email to enable the secret still
remain confidential.

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