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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:
  • "million british pounds" (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)
• 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.
  • barrister_mark26@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister mark" <barrister_mark@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:34:55 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE MESSAGE

Citi Finance Bank uk
25 Maiden Lane
Covent Garden
London WC2E 7JS

Dear Baluyut

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not
meet your personal ethics. I will introduce myself as
Mark Williams, a staff in the accounts management
and Auditing section of the above firm here in the
United Kingdom.
This is the detail of what i want you to assist me in
doing, One of our accounts with holding balance of
10,000,000(TEN Million British Pounds) has been
dormant and has not been operated for the past six
(6)years. From my investigations and confirmations,
the owner of this account, a foreigner by
name ( Baluyut) died in July, 2000 see this website

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

And since then nobody has done anything as regards the
laiming of this money because he has no family members
who are aware of the existence of neither the account
nor the funds.
I have secretly discussed this matter with a senior
official of this company and we have agreed to find a
reliable foreign partner to deal with. We thus propose
to do business with you, standing in as thenext of kin
of these funds from the deceased and funds released to
you after due processes have been followed.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles
as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from
drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal
act.
On receipt of your response I will furnish you with
detailed clarification as it relates to this mutual
benefit transaction.
I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible
if you are interested and with your trust.And also
furnish me
with the following informations with this alternate
email box
:barrister_mark26@yahoo.com
YOUR FULL NAMES.............
YOUR TEL/FAX NUMBERS........
YOUR NATIONALITY.............
YOUR OCCUPATION.............
YOUR AGE.......................
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS........

As soon as i recieve the above informations i will
give you the contact of the bank chairman who will
also clearify you more on this transfer processes.

Regards,
Mark Williams

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