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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (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.
  • barrmichael_clark@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Michael Clark" <barr_michael_clark@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 09:26:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONTACT ME.


Good day,

It is my pleasure contacting you now, as I have longed
to get in touch with anybody who knew Mr.Andreas
scranner,
I am Barrister michael clark (Esq.)A
United Kingdom citizen and the personal attorney to
Andreas scranner, who died along with his family on

the 25th july,2000,Air france concorde flight 4590 plane
crash.My client had deposited about Ten million
Five hundred US.Dollars (10.5M Us Dollars) at a
standard Bank plc 73 Brooks street,london wik 4hx,
while working As a crudeoil merchant in United
Kingdom. Since then, there had not been any trace of
claim from any person as the fund remains dormant in
his account with the security company.

Although, I kept this information secret within my
jurisdiction to enable me put claims and transfer the
said amount through a trustworthy friend overseas whom
I shall present to the bank as the bonafide
next-of-kin
to the deceased for a Profitable and successful
project. Ever since I have been trying to locate the
next of kin or any of the relatives to come forward
and make this Claim, but to no avail. Please, if you
are related to my client in any way or you know my
client's actual relatives, re-contact me, so that I
can link them up to make the claim. But if you cannot
contact them, you can come up and make the claim,
because I do not want the money to be forfeited, as I
expect to benefit from the Money also. for your
confirmations,you can visit this website for more
informations.


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

If this proposal is acceptable by you,do not take
undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you.
I await your urgent Reply.
Best Regards
Barr.michael clark(Esq)
N.B...For easy communication,get back to me through this private E-mail box. barrmichael_clark@yahoo.co.uk

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