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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: don jackson <jackdon_honest@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please Mr VICTIMNAME Am waiting for your call soon


Dear Mr VICTIMNAME

Thanks for your mail, Am much glad to receive a phone call this morning from Mrs Jenny louis,The sectary General to the U.S LABOUR CONGRESS in washington D.C concerns Barister Eze transaction in Ivory coast,Infact God just sent you to contact the U.S LABOUR CONGRESS towards your application to work in LABOUR CONGRESS DEPARTMENT in washington D.C.
Now there is no need to hide anything for you hence you have contacted the direct person that involved in the money transfering, Am the owner and the incharge of the so called amounts of dollars,We only want to transfer the money to you in london inother to come over there to invest with the whole money and to handle it over to you there by transfering the whole money in your account,

Once again thanks for you kindness and your help to me,Barrister Eze refused to link me to you directly,He only want me to contact you through him but now everything is settled,You are lucky man. presently all the whole money is with me here in Gambia,I ran out from Barrister Eze to Gambia because I dont trust them hence they refuse to link you to me direct been the owner of the whole money.It is unfair,Inshort kindly call me with this my mobile number to brief you little how two of us now can arrange and transfer the whole money in your account in london,You can contact Mrs jenny louis in america at U.S LABOUR CONGRESS for the inquirly.
Am waiting for your call soon,Earlier the best sir because Am so worried and afraid of been in Gambia with such kind of amount.Pleas sr stop contacting barister Eze because he is not honest with me anymore,let two of us make the final arrangement how we can remmitt the money and to come over there in LONDON to invest,Over 7 days now Am in senegambia hotel presently paying a lot of bill infact Barrister really dissapoint me on this transaction,Am waiting for your call,Call me with this number 00220 9949231
Thanks for your effort.
Mr Jack


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