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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: =?utf-8?q?Raymond=20Okech?= <barr_raymondokech06@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: raymond_okech@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:18:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:barr_raymondokech06@yahoo.com.co



- Attn: Friend, It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a surprise.This is because we have not met before but I am inspired to sending you this email following the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual benefit to the two of us. However, I am Barrister Raymond Okech, the personal attorney to the late Engr. Ronald Richard , a national of Northern American, who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) in Nigeria. On the 11th of November, 2002. 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 since you have the same surname with

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