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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +447031871605 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • swilliamchambers@yahoo.ie

Fraud email example:

From: joanawelsh99@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:59:17 -0400
Subject: Thanks for your response.

Dear Friend,
Thank you very much for your reply. This is very far from a scam.
May the Lord continue to bless you and your family, and may you grow
from strength to strength in the Lords own house.I will be most glad if the
funds are spent on church projects and orphanages.Note
that 20% of the total funds when transfered goes to you while the other 80%
should be geared towards humanitarian purpose.

I will be undergoing an operation soonest,therefore you will have to
get in touch with our attorney who will perfect all modalities for the
transfer.

Please all the paperwork for the change and beneficiary and the letter
of application will be handled by my attorney, who has being so dear and
wonderful to me, and my late husband. He stood with us through thick
and thin, and all I can do is to continue to offer prayers to the Lord on
his behalf. He is a very nice and easy going man, and he will assist you
all the way.His name is:

Barrister Stark William
Email:swilliamchambers@yahoo.ie
Tel:+44 703 187 1605

Get in touch with him asap, so that I can get this concluded ASAP.Please I
plead with you to ensure that you disburse and utilize the funds when you lay
claim to it, judiciously.

May the Lord be with us all. AMEN

Yours in the Lord,
Joana.

Anti-fraud resources:

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