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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)
  • "million 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.)
  • "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.
  • chris_peter12@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "natwest bank" <chris_peter40@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: chris_peter12@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:47:17 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER CHRIS PETER.
NO 10 CHRIS LAYOUT IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA.
E-MAIL: chris_peter12@yahoo.com

Get back to me immediately for neccessary steps concerning this proposal.
Following your non response to my earlier mail to you last two weeks
regarding to late MR. J.C.WILLIAMS, who died in 2002,Since then I have made
several enquiries to your embassy 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 late MR. J.C.WILLIAMS, since you have the same
surname with him that makes it easier for the claim of the fund deposited by
him which have remained dormant in our bank since his death. This fund in
question is $17.5 Million United States Dollars .

On reciept of your response I will furnish you with the neccessary procedure
to make claim from the bank without any delay for our mutual benefit.

If you are interested kindly respond to: [chris_peter12@yahoo.com] for
procedures of the transaction. Please do understand that this will be a deal
between you and I.
Remain blessed.

BARR.CHRIS PETER.

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