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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447040188885 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448700334341 (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.
  • chambersofcvuk@mac.com
  • chambofcvuk@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • chambersofcvuk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CHAMBERS OF CHRIS VENABLES UK" <chambofcvuk@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:28:00 +0100
Subject: RESPONSE FROM MRS.TRACY WINTERSPOON'S LAWYER TO YOUR MAIL...

CHAMBERS OF CHRIS VENABLES UK
(Legal Practitioners/Notary Public)
UNITRUST HOUSE,HEATHER PARK DRIVE, WEMBLEY,
MIDDLESEX HA 0 1SS, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM.
Phone: +44 704 018 8885,+44 704 018 7781
Fax:+44 707 515 8125,+44-870-033-4341,+44-870-033-4341
E-mail:chambersofcvuk@mac.com,chambofcvuk@hotmail.com

ATTN: Ms Lurlene Hochlich,

In receipt of your mail the content was well understood, I want you to know
that your Benefactor (Mrs.Tracy Winterspoon) has informed me and given me
(His Lawyer) the authority to finalize this transaction with her Beneficiary
as regard the processing of the Documents for you to make claims of the
funds and know that it is a legitimate / real offer.

Are you the Beneficiary she told me about? Are you ready/willing to travel
and make claim of the funds personally Or want the Financial firm to
deliver/transfer the funds to you as you will arrange with them?

Well before we start, I will want you to send to me your personal details as
requested below:

1.FULL NAMES:
2.FULL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.CURRENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: IF ANY
8.TELEPHONE:
9.FAX NUMBERS:compulsory
10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL
11. COUNTRY:

If all this above details are received by me, i will then process the
necessary documents that will enable you make claims of the funds as the
Beneficiary from the Financial firm were the funds are deposited, these
documents i will send to you as soon as i finished processing them and know
that the 20% you will get after you have made claims of the funds from the
financial firm .Your utmost honesty/willingness and readiness is needed to
conclude this transaction promptly.

I await your keen response and Have a nice day...

Regards,

Barr. Chris Venables.
Email: chambersofcvuk@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: Phone: +44 704 018 8885,+44 704 018 7781

NB: I will make sure that all necessary documents needed to finalize this
transaction is sent to you as soon as i receive your information requested
above . SHE AS WILLED TO YOU THE SAID FUNDS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE THAT SHE
MENTIONED TO YOU IN HER LETTER TO YOU AS HER BENEFICIARY, TO ASSIST HER
CARRY OUT HER LAST WILL/WISH , SCAN COPY OF ANY OF YOUR IDENTITY ALONG WITH
YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS MAIL, CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU READ THIS MAIL FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION WITH THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS ABOVE.

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