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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:
  • "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.
• 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.
  • kmoore0007@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Kennath Moore Esq." <kmoore00016@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kmoore0007@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:34:37 +0400
Subject: Get back to me.

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER KENNETH MOORE,
kenneth moore's chamber Esq.
Email;kmoore0007@hotmail.com
Tel; 008821655582571.

Dear,

My name is Barrister Kenneth Moore,and Mr.Robert Cotton, here in after
shall be referred to as my client. On the October 5, 1999, my client was
involved in a trains crashed near Paddington Station, which rindleis less
than a mile north of Notting Hill,was a councillor.

This is one of Britain's worst train crashes in fifty years.You can see
the web page.

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/testmember/100899/aw_100899_01.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/467919.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/london_train_crash/465503.stm

I have contacted you to assist me, in repatriating most especially,the
money leftbehind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this deposit is lodged,valued at 12
million dollars, which has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin 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 the Next
of kin and beneficiary of my named client,since you have the same last name
and he is also from your country so that the proceeds of his account valued at
12 million dollars can be paid to you,and then we can share the amount on
a mutually agreed percentage.35% will be for you,55% for me and 10% set
aside for any expenses during thecourse of this transaction.

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 legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law .If you are interested
please do forward to this office the following.

looking forward to hear from you soon,

Your Faithful,

Barrister Kennath Moore.

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