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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)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • +447040131719 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448717152310 (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.
  • jamesbarry@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "James Barry" <james.barry2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: james.barry@lycos.co.uk
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:16:57 +0000
Subject: To your honorable attention

Attn:Messer's

I am Barrister James Barry a personal Attorney to Mr Mike Anderson who is an
Estate surveyor here in London; Mr.Anderson is my Client who also has Gold
field merchant. My client and his wife and their two children were involved
in a Bomb Blast along Third main land. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to
the embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also
proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence
I contacted 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 bank where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at exactly
US$17.5 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated within the next ten (10) official working
days.

Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account
valued at us$17.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can
share the money in an agreeable percentage that we shall reach as we
progress. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
any claim we may make. All require is your honest cooperation to enable us
seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me by my email or telephone (preferably) to enable
us discuss further on the modalities for executing this Project.

Best regards,
Barrister, James Barry
Alternative Email:jamesbarry@excite.com

____________________________________________________________________
BARRISTER James Barry CHAMBER
Telephone: +44-7040131719
Fax: +44-8717152310

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