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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.
  • barr_patrickjohnson@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "pat john" <patjohn18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barr_patrickjohnson@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:57:50 +0100
Subject: Attention Dear,

BR7761,WEST WICKHAM, London, England, United Kingdom.
private Email:barr_patrickjohnson@yahoo.com

Attention Dear,

It is with heartfelt,I Hereby seek your co-operation and assistance in
this context . I am Barrister Patrick Johnson, the personal Attorney to
the late Mr Foggs Real' I got your contact through the british news casting
online where this offer was solicited under the custody of the above
mentioned chamber by course of picking of bearer of the Name {Real]ramdomly,
and your e-mail address was been picked as the lucky
winner of this very legal proposal,though in more details about my late
client.

'He was the Chief Executive officer of GFS shippining company, England,
United Kingdom for years and he was retired in the 1st day of September
2004.After few months, My client and his family of two died
on their way to a holiday resort in Glassgow, scotland in an explosion
which hit the London underground trains on the 7,july 2005. I was in my
office whenthe metropolitan police came on air to announce the tragedy and
finally declared that 33 were lives lost and that the casualties numbered up
to
700.Before his death,my client had a total sum of 6.5 million pounds
with a finance house Hoping to transfer the fund to his country {United
States
of America} in no time before he and his family met a sudden death.

According to the DEED OF WILL made by my late client, He declared that
on his demisation, That this money and other property be made-over to
his only child(a boy) and ife,Agnes. I have consequently decided that since
you are a foreigner like my late client,I would rather present you to the
holding Bank as the true next of kin to my late client and get the money
claimed and be shared among the authorized beneficiaries than allowing
the holding Bank to convert it to their own account forever. I agree to pay
you 40% of the fund as the account owner, 50% for me, and 10% goes direct
to any of our well wisher who has rigidly in A deed showen love to
humaniterian
hard ained wealth not to be lost or inherited by on known personality,
kindly do remember to Provide the following information for the application
processing.
1 your full name...............

2 contact address..............

3 phone and fax number...........

4 Age.....

5 Occupation............................

6 Your international pass port............

All these information will enable me write an application to the bank
on your behalf and present you as the real next of kin to my late
client. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us acertain a
very
assent in this business opportunity. I guarantee that this willbe executed
under a legitimate arrangement which will protect you and I,from any breach
of
the law contract. Mr Foggs Real was a very good man and it is not wise for
me to allow his hard earned wealth to be converted into the holding Bank's
profit account so i sincerely solicite your maximal support in order to make
this offer a successful one indeed. you percentage is highly considered.
Thanks and God bless.

Lord Attorney Johnson Cole.

N/B:ALL REPLY SHOULD BE SENT TO MY
ALTERNATIVE MAIL BOX
barr_patrickjohnson@yahoo.com

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