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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2347032454427

Fraud email example:

From: Watson Burton <watsonburtonchambers@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:29:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Can I work with you?


Good Day
 
I am Barrister Watson Burton. I am contacting you on the basis of business collaboration which I believe that will bring fort a big achievement for both you and I.
I saw your contact on the Israel chamber of commerce and industry and decided to contact you and relate to you a business transaction which I believe that we will be able to handle together because due to you ability to reside in the middle east as this business also relates to someone in the middle east and I believe that you will be the best person that I will prefer to handle the business transaction with, which involves $45 million USD in cash.
 
I was the attorney to Late Mr. John Hana-Daher, a Syrian national who until his death was an employee of Gocogipar Nig. Ltd., a Port-Harcourt-based oil servicing contracting firm.
 
I don¢t need to go into more details but the issue on ground is that since he died, I was not able to locate any of his relatives and also the financial firm where he deposited the funds is demanding that I should bring forth any of his relatives to come and make claim to the funds and I have received the final warning form the financial firm stating that if nothing is don at the end of this month, the money will be moved into their Treasury.
 
This is the details of his death in the news links below:
 
 
www.legaloil.com/NewsItem.asp?DocumentIDX=1187533382&Category=news
 
This was the final warning I received and I decided to act fast and do something to get the money out of the financial firm before the financial firm takes the money and also I contacted you because I believe that with your help, we both can be able to get the funds out for ourselves because you live in asia and it will be expected that the Benefitiary would be a foreinger..
 
This is my telephone number:  +234 7032454427.
Give me a call if interested.
 
Much Regards
 
Barrister Watson Burton

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