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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 next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Willson" <bertil1@box.az> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bertil@box.az
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:09:39 +0000
Subject: Willson


My Dear ,

I am sending you this email regarding the huge
fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual
benefit to the two of us.

I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that everything
documents that will bring about the success of this transation would be
provided.

However, I am Barrister Willson Brown,the personal
attorney to the late Dr. Raymundo S. Punongbayan, the president of the
Philippine Lakes Network (PLaNet) Citizens of Phillipines.

My Client and Dr. Norman Tungol,Vice President of PLaNet for the
island of Luzon died in a helicopter crash on April 28 2005 while
conducting a survey of landslide areas. Both were founding members of
PLaNet, a county-wide network formed with support from LakeNet.
http://www.worldlakes.org/networknews.asp

Unfortunately no one knows about this accept I and the bank which he
deposited the money.


Particularly, My late client had an account with one
of the banks in Europe. valued at US$5.750.000
(Five million seven hundred and fifty Thousand United States
Dollars) which I witness the documentations before
he left for the states on 24 february 2005.


I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$5.750.000
(Five million seven hundred and fifty Thousand United States
Dollars) will be paid into your account and then you and I can share
the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses,tax
as your government may require.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we will make. All I require is
your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.


Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Willson Brown.


N.B. Please indicate your telephone and fax numbers
for easy communication in this mutual transaction.

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