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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)
  • "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.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • jamesmorrischamber@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3ajamesmorrischamber@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "j_morris21 Gazeta.pl" <j_morris21@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: jamesmorrischamber@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:36:53 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ME ASAP!!!!!


BARRISTER JAMES MORRIS & ASSOCIATES
12/15 ST LOIUS STREET
VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA

E-mail me at: jamesmorrischamber@gmail.com

Compliments of the day,

This mail may be a surprise to you because you did not give me the
permission to do so and neither do you know me but before I tell you about
myself I want you to please forgive me for sending the mail without your
permission.

I am Barr.James Morris, a solicitor at law and personal attorney to Mr.David
Walter,A national of your Country, who has lived in Nigeria, work with a
company as a chair executive officer for the past eight years, whom here in
after shall be referred to as my client.On the 27th January, 2003, my
client, his wife and their three children were involved in a bomb blast at
Ikeja Cantonment, which took away their lives.

PLEASE VIEW THESE WEBSITES BELOW TO CONFIRM WHAT I AM TELLING YOU.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name through the
Net to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you to assist in
repartrating the money and property left behind by
my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the
Nigerian Government/Bank where this huge deposit valued at US$15.5 Million
were lodged.

The bank has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the
account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

So I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so
that the proceeds of this account valued at US$15.5 million dollars can be
paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on
a mutual agreed percentage. All legal documents to back up your claims as
the deceased Next of Kin;will be provided to you for back up.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be

executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.

[1] NAME:..................................................
[2] CONTACT ADD:.................................
[3] AGE: ..................SEX:..........................
[4] TEL.............................. FAX:..............
[6] OCCUPATION STATUS: ..................
[7] COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:....................

Please get in touch with me, to enable us discuss further about this
transaction also you can reach me on this email
address:jamesmorrischamber@gmail.com<address%3Ajamesmorrischamber@gmail.com>

Best regards,

Barrister James Morris(Esq.)

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