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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • jerry_nunuchambers@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jerry nunu" <jerry.chambers@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jerry_chambers20@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:57:20 +0200
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF NUNU CHAMBERS&ASSOCIATES

FROM THE DESK OF
NUNU CHAMBERS&ASSOCIATES(LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
21 CLEM CRESENT
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS-NIGERIA
EMAIL jerry_nunuchambers@yahoo.co.uk


CONGRATULATIONS


Your name and e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law firm,NUNU CHAMBERS AND ASSOCISTES {Law Chamber in Lagos,Nigeria. My name is BARRISTER JERRY WHITE NUNU esq. A personal attorney to our late client Mr. JAMES LOCKER who use to worked for an oil firm in Nigeria. Mr JAMES LOCKER a well knownPhilanthropist, before he died, he made a Will stating that $2m (two million USA dollars only)should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas. We have made a random draw that your name and e-mail address was pi cked as the beneficiary to this Will.

I am particularlyinterested in securing this money from the Bank, because they haveissued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this Will within two weeks or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here.It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client.You are required to contact me immediately to start the process of sending this money to any of your designated official account.

I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit.please act fast. please contact me with myprivate mail box jerry_nunuchambers@yahoo.co.uk Your award certificate will be sent to you immediately you contact this chamber, Through your paying bank.

Regards
BARRISTER J.W. NUNU

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