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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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 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.
  • barr_martinsghanalaw@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "martins davis" <barr_martins3gh@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:04:55 +0000
Subject: FROM BARRISTER MARTINS DAVIS

From Barrister Martins Davis,.  President Kwame Legal Chambers and the Chairman of bank fraud investigation panel of the federal republic of Ghana here in Accra Ghana. Goodday,I know my message will come to you as a surprise. Therefore,I tender my excuse. I am barristerMartins Davis ,the president of Davis legal chambers here in Ghana, an adviser to governments establishment, and a formal personal lawyer to formal ist lady Mrs Elizerbet Taylor of liberia, who is now no where to be found since the arrest of her husband Charle Taylor. It was two weeks from today that I received a call from the Finance/security company where she kept some money, notifying me that, he deposited a sum of thirty million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars($30.5m) in their Finance/Security  company,they went on to say that I was contacted base on information they got from some documents that back-up the depositions in which my name was mentioned as his personal Lawyer here in Africa,the Finance/Security company management advices me to provide them with the name of the Foreign beneficiary as stated in the deposit certificate for the money because for the past One years and some months now, the money has been with the Finance/security company without anybody coming forth for it. After so many attempt I made to get in touch with the family and relatives failed I decided to contact you because of the ultimatum of twenty one days from now and pressure from Finance/security company which says that if I failed to forward them with the name of the name of Foreign beneficiary , the money deposited will be forfieted finally and redirect the fund to the government treasury as unclaimed fund,as constituted in the laws of banking,security company and other financial institutions here in Ghana,for this reason your sincere help is needed. On my own part as the attorney,I will facilitate in getting all the necessary documents from the ministry of justice here in Ghana that will prove the Legality of this money, which will be transfer into your nominate account. I am proposing 25 percent of this money to you and 5 percentfor any auxillary expencese from the security firm transfer charges. l am anxiously expecting your urgent response. Thanks, Best Regards, Barr.Martins Davis.   You can also get in touch with me on my alternative email:barr_martinsghanalaw@yahoo.co.uk

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