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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • young_faithfulfaith@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Brother Joseph Young" <jos_faithfulfaith_6@msn.com>
Reply-To: young_faithfulfaith@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:02:37 +0000
Subject: Kingdom Work !!!

Dearest in Christ,
Compliments, It’s with Heavy Heart I am reaching you regarding the death of my late client. I am Barrister Joseph Young, of Panelson & Associate, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. DAVID YUEN, a very Wealthy Indonesian couple that lived here in Nigeria for 25 years before their recent Death on the 26th of December during the Tsunami disaster last year (2004). This couple served God as very dedicated Christians, they so dedicated their life to God but they had no child till they died. Throughout their stay here in Nigeria, they acquired a lot of properties (houses). As their legal adviser, before their death, the husband Mr. DAVID YUEN instructed me to write his WILL because they had no child; they dedicated their wealth to God. According to the WILL, their assets should be given out to a ministry for the work of God.

 

As their legal adviser, all the documents for the assets that are deposited with the security company are in my care. He gave me the authority to give out the funds to the Ministries for the work of God. As instructed by Mr. DAVID YUEN before his death. As a matter of fact the total amount of money that is contained in the trunk Box is $3,800,000.00, I did not want the management of the Security Company to know the content of the consignments, and therefore I registered the content of the consignments as Gold Bars. Now, the security company believes that what I deposited with them were Gold Bars.

 

After my fasting and prayers Today, I asked God to make his choice and direct me to an honest Christian or the chosen ministry that deserves this fund by his Grace. I then came across your address on the Internet as I was browsing. I appeal to you for the fund to be used wisely for things that will glorify the name of God. I have just notified the Security Company where I deposited the consignments that contained the fund, that I am moving the consignment abroad, and the security company is awaiting my authority to move the consignment out of the shores of their custody.

 

Dear child of Zion, if you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for things that will glorify God's name, then do contact me with all this information immediately. Your full name, Physical address, private telephone and fax numbers respectively.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated via this email address young_faithfulfaith@yahoo.com.hk

Yours in Christ,
Barrister Joseph Young.

 

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