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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:

• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "br_swchambers01@terra.es" <br_swchambers01@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:59:50 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: urgent response



urgent response

Barrister Segun Williams.
Legal Practitioner, Solicitors & Notaries=20
&Property & Civil Law=20
33 Bode Thomas street,Surulere,Lagos.
=20
Regarding You,
=20
My name is Barrister Segun Williams, a legal attorney with great vision, I =
apologise for this unsolicited nature of my email, this was due to the desp=
eration in me as I have good news for you in regards to the current develop=
ment of my deceased client Mr. Richard, whose last name is same as yours an=
d a native of your country, he died in the January 27th Bomb blast here in=
my country, Nigeria, I happen to be his private and most trusted attorney.
=20
However, my client was a wealthy business tycoon formerly working with the =
Nigerian airways for over 20 years till this date before his sudden death i=
n the January 27th 2002 Bomb blast that rocked his residence in Steven Toba=
street, G.R.A Ikeja, here in my country.
=20
On the 27th of January 2002, my client and his family here in Nigeria {Lady=
lydia,Sharon,Charles and Christiana} were involved in a terrible bomb blas=
t that took the lives of innocent souls and unfortunately over 1000 people =
lost their lives, my client and his family were part of these people. In vi=
ew of this, please view the web page below http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world=
/africa/2698081.stm>>, my client left behind a sum fifteen million eight hu=
ndred thousand {US$15.8 M } United States of American dollars precisely her=
e in the First Bank of Nigeria Plc which is the main reason why I have to c=
ontact you.
=20
I have made so many attempts to locate any of my client=E2=80=99s relative =
but all attempts have proved unsuccessful,and since I have been unsuccesful=
in locating any living relative of my client for over 4 years now, I seek =
your prompt consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased becau=
se you bare the same sur-name with him so that the proceeds of his account =
valued at {USD15.8M } dollars can be transferred into your account and then=
you and I can share the money according to any agreed ratio as this fund i=
s almost maturing to confiscation.
=20
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal throug=
h, I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that=
will protect you from any breach of the law in your country and here as we=
ll. Please reconfirm your full names and your phone numbers in your respons=
e and be rest assured that as you comply to my directives, this transaction=
will be backed up with official documents endorsed by the supreme court of=
Nigeria to legalize the claim of this transaction.
=20
Finally , I crave your indulgence to present you as the surviving next of k=
in to the deceased so that we can reap from the fruit of this old man's lab=
our before some group of bad and corrupt leaders in my country get hold of =
this money for their own selfish interest instead of either donating it to =
the less privilege or have the fund go its legal way, I guess the best way =
is for the both of us to take advantage of this opportunity to the betterme=
nt of our lives and the lives of those around us including the homeless and=
less privileged.
=20
Please get back to me ASAP.=20


Best regards

=20

Barrister Segun Williams.






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