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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.)
  • "barr." (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 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.
  • +447031945594 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr. Harry Johnson" <joeharry4@z95mail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 02:03:46 PST
Subject: Re: Enquiry

FROM: Barr. Harry Johnson
(HARRYJOE CHAMBERS)
THE SOLICITORS AT LAW
Legal Practitioners, consultants
Advocate & chartered solicitors

TELEPHONE: +447031945594 or +447031940423

FAX: +448700686783

ATTN: DEAR FRIEND

I am Barrister Harry Johnson of Norman & ASSOCIATES. This mail is
written to solicit your assistance to be presented as next of kin to my
Late Client. Richard Burson and Mrs. Lenor Burson, 77, Venice Isles,
Florida, USA. He made a fixed Deposit valued at USD65.8M (Sixty Five
Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) with a Bank
here in London.

Unfortunately they lost their lives aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which
crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999.

(View: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm).

He left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin excepting some vital
documents related to the Deposit which I have in my possession. The
Governing Body of the bank has contacted me on this matter and I am yet to
provide the Next of Kin to lay claim to the Fund.

Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your
consent to be presented as the next of Kin so that my late Clients'
Fund will not be confiscated by the Government of U.K.

For the sake of transparency on this matter, you are free to make
immediate contact with me through my mail box.
What I actually want from you is your private telephone and fax numbers for
easy contact. Also needed are your bank particulars. It may also interest
you to know that I will give you 35% of the fund for providing the account
and for helping me.

Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance while we expect
your prompt response.

Wait to hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Barr. Harry Johnson.
(Solicitors & Notary Public)

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