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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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • admalischambers@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:46:05 -0300
Subject: BEQUEST INFORMATION


MANAGING PARTNER
DAVID JAMES,ESQ.
Berkshires House,
168-173 High Holborn,
London WCIV 7AA
United Kingdom.
Email:admalischambers@yahoo.com


BEQUEST INFORMATION

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estates of late Mr.Andreas Schranner, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter returned undelivered.

I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Mr.Andreas Schranner made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Seventeen Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars S$17,400.000.00 ) to you in the codicil and last testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true. Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were recommended to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Mr.Andreas Schranner was a property magnate until his death.


He had a very good heart and loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late Mr.Andreas Schranner died on on Monday, 31 July, 2000 at the age of 64 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm


According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you this time as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me through fax or email: admalischambers@yahoo.com as soon as possible.

I hope to hear from you in no distant time.


Yours in Service,

Barrister Andrew Malis

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