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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "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.
  • josephakunna3@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "josephakunna30@terra.es" <josephakunna30@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:34:03 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Hello Tuazon,



Hello Tuazon,

Get back to me immediately for neccessary steps concerning this proposal.Following your none response to my earlier mail to you last two weeks I am Barr.Joseph Akunna, a Solicitor at law.I am the personal attorney to Mr.Mark W.Tuazon,a nationality of your country,who died in 2001 Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of his extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful,After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you I wish to notify you that I am contacting you in other to present you to stand as the next of kin to my late client.Since you have the same surname with him that makes it easier for the claim of the fund dposited by him which have remained dormant in the Bank since his death.This fund in question is Eleven Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars(US$11.5m)

On reciept of your response I will furnish you with the neccessary procedure to make the claim from the bank without any delay for our mutual benefit.
Please direct your correspondence to my private email address as stated
below:(josephakunna3@yahoo.de) and do not forget to include your confidential telephone/fax numbers and your full residential address.

Remain blessed,
Barrister.Joseph Akunna.





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