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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +447035902312 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "christopher purchas" <cpurchas_002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: cpurchas_002@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:22:20 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL ,CALL +44 70359 02312

Temple
London
EC4Y 7HJ
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 70359 02312.

Hello Janwillem Bech,

My name is Christopher Purchas QC. I am a Barrister and a member of the
Queen's Council (QC) working with the reputable legal firm - Crown Office
Chambers in London United Kingdom. I am contacting you because you share the
same last name with my late client. Late Mr. Mark Bech was a personal client
of mine and I managed all his legal affairs. As of today, I stand as a true
custodian to the cash deposit which he made in a financial institute in
Amsterdam - Holland. I am faced with the task of getting someone with your
matching profile who can be permitted to claim the fund. The amount in the
deposit is $33,000,000 and the finance house is ready to release the money
to whoever I present as the true fund beneficiary and next-of-kin to my late
client because my late client accorded me with a Letter of Authority (Power
of Attorney) duly endorsed in the British High Court of Justice when he made
the deposit, to act on his behalf in times of his absence and inability to
act and I was his legal advising councellor on the deposit and other issues.

The finance house where my client deposited the fund currently demands that
I quickly provide a beneficiary for the fund because the deposit duration
has expired and needs a renewal or withdrawal from their company otherwise
it will be handed over to the government.

This is the reason that I decided to contact and do this deal with you so
that we can get the money out whether you are truly related to my late
client or not.If you feel we can sign out the funds together, do send me
your full name and address, phone and fax number and I will call to give you
the details of the deal and send you the relevant transaction documents.Get
back to me with your private email address.

Regards,

Christopher Purchas

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