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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "barrister" (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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "collins mubita" <barricollins_mubita2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: collinsmubita_sitali@myway.com
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:06:31 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION!!.

FROM BARRISTER COLLINS MUBITA SITALI.

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA.

  

ATENTION.  

 

I am Barrister Collins Sitali, a Zambian, an Attorney to one Mr, Engr. Alfred Martins  a very close family friend in his life time. On the July 23 2006, he was assasinated in his Residential house in Lusaka Zambia which was planned by his Political opponets because of his ambition to become the next Governor of his State this last Election excercise in Zambia.

 

I am contacting you based on the fact that my client deposited one trunk BOX as a personal treasure with a security company in Europe that contain's the sum of $12.8 million he wanted to use during the Election time which the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT is with me as his lawyer. After helding a meeting with his family inrespect of how the box can be claimed out from the security company, we agreed that i should look for a reliable foreigner that can claim the box out unbehalf of the family.

 

At this point, i am appealing to you unbehalf of the family to assist them and claim out this box and retain the money in your account. All the necessary informations that will guide you to the successful claim of this BOX and legal POWER OF ATTORNEY that will make you the new beneficiary of the BOX will be prepared by me as the family Lawyer.

 

For your acceptance in assisting the family to claim out this box, the family have mapped out 30% of the total sum for the great assistance that you offered to them in claiming out the box and also for safe guarding the money for the family. If you willingly accept to assist this family in claiming out this box, please kindly contact me via email as the family lawyer for more details.

 

Thanks and God Bless you as you assist this family.

 

Best regards,

 

Barrister Collins Mubita Sitali.

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