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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 deposit" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • davidgsaro@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: David Saro <davidsaro@quepasa.com>
Reply-To: davidgsaro@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:33:15 +0100
Subject: I await you response.


THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PREVILEGED MATERIAL. ANY REVIEW, RETRANSMISSION, DISEMINATION, OR OTHER USE OF OR TAKING OF ANY ACTION IN RELIANCE UPON THIS INFORMATION BY PERSONS OR ENTITIES OTHER THAN THE INTENDED RECIPIENT IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS IN ERROR, PLEASE DELETE THE COPY. THANK YOU. BARRISTER DAVID SARO TEMPLES CHAMBERS (ATTORNEY AT LAW) PLOT 2A, PARKLANE AVENUE, ACCRA GHANA.

I am Barrister David Saro, a Solicitor. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Mark Lowry, a national of your Country who was a Seasoned Contractor with Shell Petroleum development Company BP Ghana. He unfortunately died in the plane Crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on the December 25, 2003. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Company where these huge deposits were lodge. The deceased had an account valued at about fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$15.5M)deposited at the Security Company.
The Security Company has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over sometime now I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at (USD15.5M) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money as following, 60% will be for me, while 30% will be for you and 10% his set aside for any expenses we might incur during the course of this transaction.
My chambers will procure all necessary legal documents that will be used to back up the claim . All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction to his logical conclusion . I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

I await your urgent response through my private e-mail address:

davidgsaro@yahoo.com.

Best Regards

David Grant Saro.




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