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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:
  • "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)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "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.
  • jude_ubah@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jude ubah <judevgg@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jude_ubah@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:25:58 +0100
Subject: ATTN Sir/Madam



JUDE UBAH CHAMBERSLEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY &HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE SUITE 202 OMEGA PLAZA, APAPALAGOS - NIGERIA.(MATTER OF TOP SECRET) EMAIL ADDRESS(jude_ubah@yahoo.fr) ATTN Sir/Madam
It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a suprise.This is because we have not met before but I am inspired to sending you this email by the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual benefit to the two of us. However, I am barristerJube Ubah, Attorney to the late Engr.Steve Moore a national of Isle of Man in UK, who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) in Nigeria. On the 11th of November,1997.My client,his wife And their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, Since then I have made several enquiries to several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you.I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left behind by my client,I can easily convince the bank with my legal practice that you are the only surviving relation of my client. Otherwise the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $27 million U.S dollars(twenty seven million U.S.America dollars).Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over several years now.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $27million U.S dollars can be paid to your account and then you and me can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through and forward the following to me 1,Your Full Name: 2,House Address: 3,Your Contact Number: 4,Your Age 5,EMAIL ADDRESS: ;I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me by my email( jude_ubah@yahoo.fr) to enable us discuss further. Yours Faithfully,Barrister JUDE UBAH (Esq.)
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