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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:
  • "barrister" (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.
  • jmorgan_0@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jmorgan_2@myway.com" <jmorgan_2@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:30:41 -0900
Subject: HELLO

Dear Partner,

I am Barrister James Morgan, a private attorney to late Chief Mrs
Stella Obasanjo, wife of the Nigeria President olusegun Obasenjo, who Died
on Sunday 23rd of October 2005. at a hospital in Spain. She had travelled to
Spain to undergo surgery and died on complications resulting from that
surgery that, caused her death

You can visit the website:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.html

As a personal and confidential attorney to the deceased, I handled every of
her legal affairs Abroad, mostly properties overseas.

In this case, my client who left huge amount of millions of dollars that
was deposited is Finance house here in Europe

My client's family will request me to account for these properties and
funds overseas. At this juncture, I seek your consent to present you as the
benefactor to my client's fund deposited in a security/finance company in
Europe, which I will disclose to you, as soon as I receive your consent.


Since, I have all the documents regarding the deposited funds. Moreover, I
would want you to furnish me with the following details: Your Full name:
Age: Sex: Phone Number and Fax if any: Occupation: Furthermore, what I
require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please, reply via this email below
jmorgan_0@myway.com

Yours faithfully,
James Morgan.

Morgan & ASSOCIATES
{Solicitor & Advocate}

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