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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:

• 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.
  • +447023053118 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704781796 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Woodhouse" <johnwoodhouse22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnwoodhouse200@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:18:35 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Sir,

RE: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I know this letter will come to you as a surprise. I am John Woodhouse (Esq)
of JOHN WOODHOUSE LLP, London, United Kingdom. I was the personal attorney
to Engr. Ross Delaney, an engineer with Chevron Development Company, United
Kingdom who died in an auto crash along South Norwood Highway, London on the
21st of April, 2000.

Before his death, he deposited a consignment containing the sum of US$20
Million with the treasury dept. of a Security/Finance Company in Madrid -
Spain. This Security/Finance Company has recently notified me of their
intention to confisicate this consignment if i do not present the
beneficiary or the deceased representative. Following this mandate, i have
been forced to present any of the family members of my late client to the
Security Company, but all my efforts to reach his relatives has been
unsuccessful.

Therefore, i have contacted you to assist in the claim and release of this
consignment to you as the deceased representative for our mutual benefits.
This transaction will be 100% hitch-free as i am going to use my recognized
office to prepare every necessary document in your name as proof, furnish
you with adequate information about my late client that will back you up in
this claim and i shall also provide all legal services to warrant the
release of this consignment to you as the beneficiary.

As i await your positive response, i would appreciate if you could keep this
proposal secret even if you are not capable or do not want to assist me.

I look forward to your prompt reply.

Respectfully,

John Woodhouse, Esq
Phone: +44 702 305 3118
Fax: +44 870 478 1796

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