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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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 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.
  • bs_usman@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR PETER COLLINS <mr_p_collins2006@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:09:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE: PLEASE CONTACT MY LAWYER


Dear madras

Thank you very much for your mail and there is no problem but I Thank God who make it possible for you to reply this mail and I am so happy that you can help and handle this project very well for the sake of God and for the benefit of mankind in the whoel world.

Secondly, The funhds in question is in a security firm in europe and all you have to do is to contact my family lawyer so that he will help you to prepare the backup documents in your name because you have to provide the documents to the security company before they will deliver the consignment to you without any delay.

Bellow is the lawyer's contact informations.

Name of the lawyer Barrister Usman Bello.

Email Address bs_usman@yahoo.com

Telephone Number 234-803-7189541.

Go ahead and contact him and also give me the updates so that I will know when you have receive the documents from him and the funds but bear in your mind that the funds will be use as I told you in my first mail so that God will have mercy on me and my family at last so pelase do not run away with the money at last because money is evil but do not allow money to move you ok.

Lastly, I need your prayers everyday because I am still in a church somewhere in africa receiving prayers so try and feel free to work with my family lawyer, he will be the one to give you the security firm contact details so that you can contact them for the delivery immediately the documents are ready and you receive them.

May the peace of God be with you and your family.

Good luck.

Regards.

Mr Peter collins .



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