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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447040112435 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "frank fleck" <frankfleck@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:31:29 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT FRANCK


CASTREN AND SNELLMAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
P.O.BOX 223(EROTTAJANKATU 5A)
FIN-00131 LONDON
PHONE OFFICE: +447040112435
Email: attorney_frankfleck@msn.com

DEAR FRANCK,

I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY AND ASSURE YOU
THAT I AM CONTACTING YOU IN GOOD FAITH AND THIS
PROPOSAL WILL BE OF MUTUAL BENEFIT.COMPLIMENTS, I AM
BARR.FRANK FLECK I AM A BRITISH CITIZEN AND THE
PERSONAL ATTORNEY MR JOHNSON FRANCK WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY ON DEC
21,2004.
THEY WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO-CRASH IN AMERICA WHERE
THEY WERE SPENDING THEIR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.

MY CLIENT JOHNSON FRANCK WAS A BIG SHARE HOLDER WITH
SOMATOGEN INC COMPANY, WITH A SHARE WORTH MILLIONS OF
U.S DOLLARS, WHICH HAS BEEN PAID TO HIM BY SOMATOGEN
AS HIS DIVIDEN. AFTER WHICH HE WAS INVOLVED IN A
BUSINESS TRANSACTION WITH AN OIL COMPANY IN NIGERIA SO
HE BANKED HIS MONEY WITH UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC, THE
ACTUAL BENEFICIARIES ARE NO LONGER ALIVE THEREFORE I
NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP CLAIM THIS MONEY.

I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE CLAIM BECAUSE WE
WERE RUNNING AROUND FOR THE TRANSFER OF HIS MONEY BACK
TO THE UNITED STATES BEFORE HE DIED, I WENT FURTHER
TO POSE A CLAIM IN NIGERIA BUT I WAS TOLD TO PRESENT A
NEXT OF KIN TO MY LATE CLIENT MR JOHNSON FRANCK. WITH
AN ALMOST ENDLESS SEARCH FOR A RELATIVE,
I FINALLY DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU AND WITH THE
DOCUMENTS WHICH I HAVE WE CAN MAKE
THIS CLAIM.

I SHALL INFORM YOU OF ALL OTHER PROCEDURES
DEPENDING ON YOUR REPLY. DO NOT WORRY HOW I GOT YOUR
ADDRESS I SOUGHT FOR SOME ASSISTANCE FROM AGENTS.I
WILL APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE. REPY ME BACK ON THIS
EMAIL
(attorney_frankfleck@msn.com)

Thanks And God bless,
FRANK FLECK (ESQ.)
(Member European lawyer)

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