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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • modeledavid04@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "modele david" <modeledavid30@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: modeledavid04@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:04:05 +0100
Subject: I await your urgent response.


HELLO Sir/Madam,

This Letter might come as a surprise to you,especially since we have never
met or discussed before. Basically, the message might sound strange, but it
is in fact, very real. If only you care to know, The truth is that I should
have notified you first through a more confidential means even if it is at
least to respect your integrity, please accept my humble apologies if I had
caught you unawares.

I frankly do not mean any harm in passing my goodwill message. I am
BARRISTER. MODELE DAVID, a personal Attorney to Late Client. Who was a
foreigner in my country. It is unfortunate to inform you that my client and
his entire Family were involved on the 7th of July,2005 BOMB BLAST in
London.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings > since their
death I have made several enquiries to locate any members of my client's
extended relatives, which was unsuccessful. I have also trace his relatives
over the internet trying to locate any member of his family but of no avail
It may interest you to know that my client before his death has a
Domiciliary Account worth of Seven Million,

Eight Hundred Thousand United StateOnly (Great British Pounds7,800,000:00),
I am contacting you due to the mandate given to me by the Finance Company as
the Personal Attorney to provide the Next of Kin to my late client
Deposited fund valued at 7,800,000,00 Great British Pounds or have the
amount confisticate by the Finance Company,

NOTE: To avoid confiscating of this fund, I am contacting you as a foreigner
to help join handstogether and repatriating the fund left behind by mylate
client before the Finance Company confiscate the fund All I required from
you is honest and cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law of your country and my country
too as a professional legal Attorney. Please get in touch with me and also
forward the below information to enable me proceed for the claim of the
fund.

1. YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS
2. YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND FAX
3. YOUR AGE AND OCUCUPATION
3. SEX

Upon the receipt of your response, I will advice you on how to contact the
Finance Company directly before they confiscate this fund.Finally, I have
agreed to share this fund %50 to you and %50 to me upon the conclusion of
this transaction. Please maintain utmost Confidentiality between you and me
on this transaction.

YOU CAN CONTACT MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS:modeledavid04@yahoo.com

I await your urgent response.
Regards,
MODELE DAVID

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