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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: "Barr. Andrew Benjamin" <andrewbenj@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:16:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: confidential,reply urgently


















FROM THE DESK OFBARRISTER ANDREWBENJAMIN CHAMBERS,15 DRUMMOND RDCROYDON, LONDONCR0 1TWUNITED KINGDOM.+447956501293.Good day,I am Barrister Andrew Benjamin, A solicitor at law. I am the PersonalAttorney to Engr. Peter stoicuv. On the October 5, 1999, my client wasinvolved in a train crash near Paddington Station,which is less than a mile north of Notting Hill. This was one of Britain's worst train crashes in fifty years.You can see the incedent on the web via this link below.http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/testmember/100899/aw_100899_01.htmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/467919.stmI have contacted you to assist me,in repatriating most especially,themoney left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit is lodged,valued at 350.000pounds, which has issued me a notice to provide the Next ofkin to my late client, or have the account confiscated.Since there is a government gazette/circular mandating/authorizing banks to
place on hold or freeze any account containing huge sums of money that has been unserviceable for a reasonable period of time.This is geared towards forestalling capital flight from the economy.My proposition to you, is to seek your consent to present you as theNext of kin and beneficiary of my named client,since you are aforeigner, so that the proceeds of this account valued at 350,000poundscan be paid to you,and then we can share the amount on a mutuallyagreed percentage.60% will be for you,30% for me,10% for a reputablecharity home because the money is owned by a deceased man.All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin,will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimatearrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.If you areinterested please do forward to this office the following.1. YOUR AGE2. YOUR ADDRESS3. PHONE AND FAX.4.YOUR PRESENT
OCCUPATION.If this business proposition offends your moral values,do accept myapology but if not,then contact me at once to indicate your interest.Best Regards,Barrister Andrew Benjamin

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