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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:
  • "share the funds upon agreed terms" (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 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.
  • +447040109616 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: and_johns@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:40:28 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Regards?=

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY
GUILDHALL CHAMBERS LONDON
12 Lanark Square, Glengall Bridge,
London E14 9RE, United Kingdom
Tel:+447040109616
Fax:442081817605


ATTENTION: SIR/MADAME!

Compliments of the day . I must solicit your confidentiality and assure

you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of

mutual benefit. I am Mr.Andrew Johnson(ESQ) personal attorney to late
Mr.Anderson Kurniawan, and also a legal practitioner.

My service covers individuals, corporate bodies and institutions. I
also represent Government Departments as an External Solicitor. My
client, late Mr.Anderson Kurniawan,was killed with his entire family in
a
fatal
accident,sparing none of their lives, some years ago.

Before his death, I assisted him in the deposit of some funds with a
Bank for safekeeping. The funds have remained unclaimed since his
death,
and such unclaimed funds are appropriated and returned to the treasury
as a matter of policy. Considering the lack of success in my bid to
locate any of his relatives for over a year now, I hereby solicit your
consent to enable me present you as the Next of Kin to my deceased
client.

I am contacting you for two reasons.Firstly, you both have the same
last name, which makes the claim most credible. Secondly, I strongly
believe that the Bank does not deserve to inherit the funds.These
reasons
led to my resolve to claim the funds, which was why I contacted you.

With your permission, I will proceed to establish you as the next of
kin/Beneficiary to my late client. As soon as this is done, you will
then
give instructions to the Bank, to transfer the deposited funds into
another account you will provide, after which we shall then share the
funds upon agreed terms. When I receive your response,I will provide
you
with further details.

I await your reply,

Regards,

Mr.Andrew Johnson (ESQ).


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