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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)
  • "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.)
• 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.
  • barrister_clement@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <barrister_clement@anpmall.net>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 03:36:09 +0930
Subject: PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EMAIL

Dear Friend,
I am BARRISTER CLEMENT OKERE a Solicitor and the personal Attorney to Mr. James Glenn a national of your country, who worked with Shell
Development Company in Nigeria. On the 10th of January 2003, my Client,his wife and two children were involved in an authomobile accident along Port-Harcourt / Warri Express Road.Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident, due to the poor major roads in nigeria, since then I have made several enquiries at your Embassy here to locate any of my Client's relatives, this has proved abortive/ unsuccessful.
After these abortive attempts I decided to trace his relatives over the chambers of commerce through the Internet, but of no avail. I am contacting you to assist in repartriating the fund and property left behind by my client before they got confiscated or his bank accounts be declared unserviceable by his bank, particularly,
the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about Ten Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($10.5m usd).
The Bank has signaled me a notice to provide them with my late Client's Next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen (14) banking days. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over 1 years now, I want to seek your consent to present your self as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same Country so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10.5 m usd can be paid to you. Ipropose that
when the fund (US$10.5m) is eventually paid into your bank account, that it
shall be disbursed in the following order, 50% to me and 50% to you.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim
as they shall be obtained from the Federal High Court here without
contravening the Nigeria laws.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Please get in touch with me by my private
email { barrister_clement@excite.com} to enable us discuss further and
send me your telephone and fax numbers too.
Best regards,
BARRISTER CLEMENT OKERE


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