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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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 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.
  • +447024018455 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Woodgate Allan" <barristerwoodgateallan@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 09:15:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT ME.



Dear Friend,

With all due respect to your personality , I request that you do not feel disturbed as I know that business of this magnitude will surely make one apprehensive.

I write to solicit your utmost confidence, knowing too well that we have neither known nor met each other before, but because you might be of the same county of the late Mr.Jack Morris or could be the next of kin being my request. Having searched through the internet,from where I got your email address, I hereby request that you become the Next of Kin to the Late Mr Jack morris.,Late Mr. Jack Morris, who died in Air crash in December 2oth 2003 on his way to his home country and abandoned a fixed deposit of Ten.Five Million Us Dollars[US$10.5m] without a specified next of kin to inherit the deposit at the time of his death.

My name is Barr.Woodgate.Allan.A Barrister and A personal attourney to the Late Jack Morris[+44 7024 0184 55] Who had made a Fixed Deposit of US$10.5m in a Security company in london. In the financial Laws of the British Government, the holding bank is required to repatriate any abandoned fund by a foreigner if nobody comes to claim the said funds after three (3) years of the confirmation of the death of the depositor. For the past three years,all the effort of our Customer Service Department to trace any relative of the Late Mr. Jack Morris has proved abortive. I do not want this funds to go into the hands of our British Government government officials.

My interest in this abandoned deposit is as follows:

1) To see that this abandoned deposit is not handed over to the Our tgovernment officials

2) To make you the Next of Kin to the late Mr. Jack Morris and whom he has willed the said deposit before his death.

3) To ensure that the deposited funds is transferred to your account as your INHERITANCE? so that the proceeds of this account valued at Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollar (USD$10.500.000.00) can be paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 60% to me and 35% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your Government may require.

4) To ensure that my own share of it is invested wisely in my country in any viable area of investment.Bear in mind that the entire transaction will be risk- free and legitimate since the funds will be coming to you as your INHERITANCE and all the paper works and documents would be done by me to facilitate this transfer.

If this proposition is acceptable by you, respond to me immidiately but if not acceptable by you, do not take advantage of it to betray me.Remember that doing business over the Internet could sometimes be unconfidential. If acceptable by you, send me your private telephoneand fax numbers for me to call you for detailed discussion.


Reply to this mail box immidiately.so that the transaction starts.


God bless.

Barr.Woodgate.Allan,ESq]
Barrister/Solicitor.



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