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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "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.)
• 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.
  • barr_bill_williams2008@yahoo.co.id (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?barrbill=20williams?= <barr_bill_williams2008@yahoo.co.id>
Reply-To: barrbillwilliams@myway.com
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 12:10:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOOD OFFER,


Saya punya alamat email baru!Sekarang Anda bisa mengirim email kepada saya di: barr_bill_williams2008@yahoo.co.id

ATTN: DEARSIR/MADAM





I am Barrister Bill Williams a personal Attorney to Mr. Daniel Kennedy,


Daniel


and his family met their demise on the 21st of April 2003 in a Ghastly


motor


accidents along the sagamu-benin express way.





Mr. Daniel Kennedy was before his death an expatriate staff of Shell


Nigeria


Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) and had secured huge sum of


money


and choice properties in Nigeria.





I have tried unsuccessfully for the past years to locate any member of


his


family to act as his next of kin for the purpose of entitlement to take


under


statutory distribution of his estate, by the law his money; property


and other


investments will become inaccessible after a specified period of time.





I have already received notices from the bank where the deceased had an


account


valued at $36 million Us dollars, to provide the next of kin or have


his


account and stocks confiscated, respectively.




For this reason I write to your goodself, seeking your consent to


present you as


the next of kin of the deceased, so that his money and investment can


be


transferred to you.





As his personal Attorney I will prepare the legal documents to back up


any claim


we make.





All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us conclude this


deal.





I guarantee that this Transaction will be executed under a legitimate


arrangement, thus protecting you from any breach of the law, kindly


forward


your telephone/fax numbers so that we can discuss further about this


issue.





Yours sincerely,




Barrister Bill Williams

- barrbill williams

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