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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
  • +447024023873 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mark Paulson" <markpaulson1@myway.com>
Reply-To: marpaulsonxx2@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:51:00 -0500 (EST)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


GET BACK TO MEFROM: MARK PAULSON (ESQ)MARK PAULSON &amp; ASSOCIATES#18 KINGS ROAD, LONDON.TELE:+447024023873
Attention:,
I am Barrister Mark Paulson (Esq). a Briton and the Personal Attorney of Mr.Crystal , a national of your country, who worked with Chevron Oil Company in England. On the 1st of April 2002, my client,died as a result of gas explosion in his house with his wife. It was a very sad incidence and since then, I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of the extended relatives of my late client which proved unsuccessful,
After several unsuccessful attempts to reach his family, l decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you on trust to assist me in receiving the money left behind by my client in his bank account valued at about Eigtheen Million Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars. His account is about to be confiscated and declared dormant by his bank due to lack of claim resulting from my inability to present his beneficiary as his Attorney known to his bank over these years. Particularly, the officials of his Bank have issued to me a notice/ultimatum to provide the beneficiary of my client or have the account confiscated.
Since l have been unsuccessful in locating his relatives over these years, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you bear same surname with my late client so that the proceeds of his estate worth Eigtheen Million Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars can be paid you as his deposit beneficiary for our mutual benefit.All necessary legal documents that will back up your claim of this money will be secured in your name with the personal and private information of my late client in line with the stipulations of the English law. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee you that this business 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 to enable us discuss further steps to follow in the actualization of this objective.Best Regards,Mark Paulson (Esq).

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