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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:
  • "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.
  • barredycollinsray@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BARR EDWIN CARLOS GOMEZ <barredycarlos@aim.com>
Reply-To: barredycollinsray@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:29:48 +0100
Subject: Solicit For Your Assistance To Be Next of Kin,


MY DEAR PARTNER,

I am Barrister: EDWIN CARLOS GOMEZ of CHAMBERS &
CO. This mail is written and intended to solicit your
Assistance to be presented as NEXT OF KIN to my Late
Client. My Deceased Client Richard Burson, (77, Venice
Isles, Florida, USA) made a fixed Deposit of Fund
Valued at USD18.5M (Eighteen Million Five Hundred United States
Dollars Only) with a Security Firm in Spain and
Unfortunately lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight
990, which crashed in to the Atlantic Ocean on October
31st, 1999
(news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm) and
Left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except some
Vital documents related to the Deposit still with me.

The Governing Body of the BANK has contacted me on
This matter and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to
Lay claims to the Fund. Under a clear and legitimate
agreement with you, I shall seek your consent to be
Presented as the next of Kin so that my late
Clients' Fund will not be confiscated by the BANK.30%
have been mapped out from the contract sum (USD18.500M)
For you as the owner of the account.

Thank you very much for your anticipated
Acceptance.

PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS: barredycollinsray@yahoo.co.uk.

Yours faithfully,

BARR: EDWIN CARLOS GOMEZ.

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