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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. )
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "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.)
  • "chambers" (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.
  • barrisdavidjohnson@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barristerdavid johnson <barrisdavid8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barrisdavidjohnson@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:34:22 -0400
Subject: Read carefully.



David Johnson Chambers.23, Victoria Island way,IkoyiLagos -StateNigeria.Our ref. au/ret/45673/49Your ref.................Attn, Sir / Madam Re: Next of kin to my late client Eng. Adams. I am Barrister David Johnson, a solicitor at law; I am the personal attorney to late Eng.Adams, who used to work with shell - Development Company in Nigeria. Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. On April 25th 2005, my client, his wife and three children were involved in a train accident in Japan during their visit to Japan which all the families were dead. Here is some news about the train accident:
Click on the web address:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042500187.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4480031.stm
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, but this has also proved unsuccessful. After several attempts to locate a member of his family, hence I contacted you. I am contacting you to assist me repatriating the money and properties left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable to the bank here this huge deposit were lodge. Particularly, the bank where the diseased had an account valued at [12.5million dollars] has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relative for the past years, now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to my late client. Since you both have the same surname and you are capable of doing this transaction. So that the proceeds of this account valued at [12.5miilion dollars] can be paid to you, then you and I can share the money 60% for me and 30% for you, while 5% will be used to offset all the expenses incurred in the course of this transaction including tax and 5% for the poor in your country. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up our claims. All i require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me by my email and send the following information to me.
Your full nameResidential addressPhone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.
Looking forward to your prompt response. get back to me through my private email address:barrisdavidjohnson@myway.com
Best regards to you and your family.
Thank you.Barrister David Johnson
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