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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: mark lawrence <getbacktous1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <m_marki@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:18:00 -0600
Subject: SWIFT RESPONSE NEEDED



Mark Lawrence Firm2 Creek Road, ApapaLagos, NigeriaTel,234-703-801-8526

I am Barrister Mark Lawrence a Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme court of Nigeria; I am the Personal Attorney to a late Engr, Larry Waters, who was a consultant here in Nigeria. On the 10th of June 2004,my client and hiswife were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express road.

Unfortunately they lost their lives in the event of the crash. Since then I have made several inquiries as to locate any of his extended relatives, but all proved abortive.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to traces his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail,hence I decided to contact you.

I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money valued at Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$8.5m) that was left behind by my client with a Bank before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable.

Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3years now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the deceased, the proceed of this account valued at Eight Million FiveHundred Thousan Dollars(US$8.5m) will be paid to your account and then you and I can share the money.Be assured that documents to substantiate your heir ship status will be provided in your favour.

This is within the ambits of the law since Ihave made consented efforts to trace his immediate family within the tim period without any success .I made some research to find you .
Based on this I want you to send the followings:

Your full name and addressYour Private phone number for communicationYour age and occupation.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any hitch.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law during and after the Operation.

Looking forward to your response.Yours Sincerely,Barrister Mark Lawrence (Esq


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