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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:
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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)
  • "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.
  • mnzeh_64@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Martins Nzeh" <mnzeh_66@btconnect.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:18:19 +0100
Subject: Hello Yevgeny,

Hello Yevgeny,

I am Barrister Martins Nze, a Lawyer by profession.

I am the personal attorney to Yevgeny Primakov who worked for the Chevron Oil
Exploration Company,herein after shall be referred to as my client. My client, his wife and their three children are victims of the Boeing 727
Beirut-bound charter Jet which crashed on takeoff on December 26th 2003, see
the below link to read more news about the air
crash:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives. This has proved unsuccessful.I came to
know about you through an enquiry I was making in the internet, and came
across your profile hence i contact you, since you share the similar name with my late client in order to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank.

Particularly, the Finance Company where the deceased had an account valued at US$24 Million Dollars, has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisticated within the next 21 official working days.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives I seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same
name, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$24 Million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.

Also note that I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this business through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law or any legal
plight.

The money will be shared in this ratio: 50% for me,45% for you and 5% for any arising contingencies during the course of this transaction.
Please get in touch with me by email and indicate: Your full name, your age,your occupation, your address, your contact telephone and fax numbers respectively.

Upon receipt of these details, i will prepare a Letter of Introduction in
your favour and send to the Bank where my client had the account for their
payment endorsement and i will as well send you a copy for your record.

I count on your anticipated co-operation.

Best regards,
Barrister Martins Nze.
E mail address:mnzeh_64@yahoo.co.uk

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