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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:
  • "dear friend" (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.)
• 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_allen@mail2firm.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BARRISTER ALLEN" <allen_barrister@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:43:01
Subject: PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUST



Dear Friend,

My name is Barrister Allen Fox of AKIN Gump Law Firm in London,a
senior Advocate of Law and a personal solicitor to Mr. Boris
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the arrested Chairman/ CEO of Yukos Oil and Bank
Menatep SPB in Russia who is presently in jail.

I have the documents of a large amount of funds which he handed
over to me before he was detained and tried in Russia for financing
political parties (the Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov and
Yabloko, a Liberal/ Social Democratic Party led by Gregor Yavlinsky)
opposed to the Government of Mr. Vladmir Putin, the current President
of Russia,thereby leading to the freezing of his finances and assets.

You can read more about his ordeal from the following sites:

Http://www.supportmbk.com

Http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html

Http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html

Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm

Http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3042850.stm

After searching through the books of your Country's Chambers of
Commerce and Industries, I am contacting you to assist me to
Re-profile the funds and equally invest same on his behalf. The total
amount of funds to be re-profiled is Forty Six Million United State
Dollars (USD$46,000,000.00) and you will be paid 20% for your
"Management Fees".

This is a legitimate transaction. If you are interested, please
write back by mail and provide me with your confidential telephone
number, fax number and email address and I will provide further
details and instructions.

Please keep this very confidential; we can't afford more
political problems. Finally, please note that this must be concluded
within two weeks. Please write back promptly. Write me back through
this personal email address (BARR_ALLEN@mail2firm.com) I look
forward to it.

I will send you the necessary details and relevant documents.

Yours Sincerely,
Barr.Allen Fox
Email:BARR_ALLEN@mail2firm.com
AKIN GUMP FIRM LONDON.

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