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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • barrmichealballo5@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barrmichealballo5 ballo <barrmichealballo5@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:04:24 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Friend


FROM BARRISTER MICHEALBALLO
NO 12 ABAYOMI STREET
VITORIA ISLAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA
PHONE NUMBER-234-80-26900937
E-MAIL ADDRESS;barrmichealballo5@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend

I am Barrister michealballo a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Douglas Bayle a relation to you who sign you as his next of kin, who used to work with shell development company in Nigeria and as well a one time secret agent in transferring of money overseas for theLate head of state of Nigeria {Late Gen.SANI ABACHA}.Before his death On the 21st of April 1999 [my client,his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along sagbama express road in which all occupants of the motor died}. My client {Douglas}deposited as family belongings in a CONSIGNMENT {ie jewelries} the sum of $10m in .Finance Bank Nig Plc here in Nigeria for himself, with the hope of transferring it to his country as soon as he is on leave.
Before his death I travel for a six years course abroad only to come back and found out that he is death because since then i missed his contact, i wrote several mail to him while in abroad but no one replies . After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to write you as the person he sign as the next of kin, I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where these Consignment (Money) were Deposited. Particularly, the Finance Bank Nig Plc where the deceased Deposited the Consignment valued at about 10million dollars, they has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the next ten official working days.

Please get in touch with me by my email address

private:barrmichealballo5@yahoo.co.uk or you can call me on my private telephone number 234-80-26900937 for more information to enable us discuss further.
Best regards,
Barrister: michealballo (ESQ)



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