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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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: Edward Smith <edwardsmith234@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 01:22:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello My Good Friend


My good friend,
It is a pleasure meeting you at last for i have waited for this golden opportunity for long. I am barrister Edward Smith of the Golden gates chambers.

Six months ago, my late client died in a fatal accident and was buried at the state cemetry. Before his death, My late client has an account in a bank with a credit balance of fourteen million, six hundred thousand dollars ($14.6,000,000) which has been dormant for a very long time.
All efforts to contact the named beneficiary to my late clients's estate, with the supplied information proved futile.
My good friend, i am contacting you because i want you to claim this money with me, since you bear the same first and last name to that of the beneficiary and also i have the necessary information and documents that would enable us this claim.

Please kindly send me your urgent reply to enable know which other step to take towards the claim of this money.

THANKS
Edward Smith (Esq)



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