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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.
• 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.
• 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.
  • +447031970383 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • chamber_andrew_charles@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BARRI ANDREW Charles" <chamber_andrew_charles@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:43:04 +0000
Subject: ANDREW CHAMBERS (:FILL THE VERIFICATION FORM BELOW)

ANDREW CHAMBERS   503 HIGHTOWER ROAD, WIMBLEDON   SW23NE, LONDON,  UNITED KINGDOM.   Advocate Andrew Charles (ESQ). Andrew Brooks Law Firm, 503 HIGHTOWER ROAD WIMBLEDON SW23NE, LONDON, UK. TEL: +44-7031970383 FAX: +44-7075707726 EMAIL: chamber_andrew_charles@hotmail.co.uk   Ref. Number:  AC/9420X2027/06   LEGAL ATTENTION: Chan Sheng Yi Teresa,   YOUR PRIZES HAS BEEN DUELY APPROVED.      Notice of your winning has already reached my office and the certificate is on my desk at present. I will guide you through all legal procedures to ensure that your prizes get to you as quickly as possible.      All things being equal, you should be in possession of your prizes within the next 72hours. So I urge you to always look up your email at intervals both day or night because I shall be rendering 24hours service including weekends.        Kindly provide me with the following details below so that your winning can be fully documented and the delivery processed immediately. Please endeavour to fill all the spaces provided and attach a scanned copy of your identity card or a photograph of you. This will help us check impersonation.   **Please click "reply" before filling this form. Click three times on each boxes provided before typing on it.   PREFIX (Mr./Mrs./Miss./Dr. etc):    FULL NAME: (first, middle and last name) GENDER:        AGE:             NATIONALITY:               OCCUPATION:                POSITION HELD:             RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:                                       CITY:                              STATE/PROVINCE:          ZIP/POSTAL CODE:         COUNTRY:                      PHONE NUMBER:             FAX:                                   Endeavour to reply as soon as possible, so that the transfer can be made without delays. Due to previous experiences, I advice that you keep your winning information to yourself (confidential) until your prizes have been transferred to you.   Yours faithfully, Advocate Andrew Charles (ESQ) (Attorney and Solicitor) C.E.O. ANDREW CHAMBERS, 503 HIGHTOWER ROAD WIMBLEDON SW23NE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

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