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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "trust is our watchword" (the question is not whether they can trust you, but whether you have any reason to trust this person or anyone this person tells you to contact)
  • "million 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)
  • "you will be entitled to 30%" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Ibrahim Musa <bib.musa.016@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <bibmusa02@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:00:50 +0100
Subject: THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY CAN YOU MAKE USE OF IT?



I Musa Chamber&Associates45 Link Aven Victoria IslandP. O. Box 75369Lagos-Nigeria
Dear Sir/Madam
I am Barrister Ibrahim Musa special advicer on finance at one of well know bank here in my country, I am writing you following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of 10.5 million dollars (Ten million five hundred thousand dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an foreign who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife Thelma, and his only daughter Sheryl, while returning from a vacation in Mexico. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site. http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his relatives to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter (SHERYL) died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i don’t want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill. You will be entitled to 30% of this money as foreign partner,while 70% will be for me. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this transaction. Please note,that this business is 100% safe and risk free and i hope that the fund arrives your account in latest 10 working days from the date of the receipt of the following information: 1. Your name in full 2. Residential address3. Occupation4. Date of birth(Age)5. Contact Telephone numbers for easy communication. The above information will enable me to apply for payment into your favor. I am looking forward to doing business with you.
We will discuss much in details when I do receivewait for your response.
Best regards
Barrister Ibrahim Musa
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