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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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.
  • barister_ferdrich@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "boschfredrich@terra.es" <boschfredrich@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 19:42:32 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: PLEASE DO CONTACT ME IMMEDETELY.




PLEASE DO CONTACT ME IMMEDETELY.

Dearest Beloved.

Complement of the day. I am Barrister Fredrich Bosch, a solicitor at law. I am the personal Counsel to Mr. David Hughson a national of United states of America, who was chairman of multinational company here in Spain Mr. Hughson, his wife and their only child were killed in the bomb blast through terrorist attack in Madrid bombing 2004 here in Madrid train were all the occupants in the coach also died.

Before his death in 2004, Mr. David Hughson deposited the Sum of 4.8 million dorllas in a Bank here in Madrid through a security Finance firm, for himself, with the hope of transferring it to his Country as soon as he is on leave.

Since his death I have made several inquiries to his embassy to locate any of his extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family to no success. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the Money and property left behind by him before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit was lodged.

Particularly the bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the fund confiscated within the next fourteen official working days since I have been unsuccessful in locating his relatives for over 10 months now.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since we can arrange you as the next of kin so that the proceeds of this fund will be claimed by you and then you and I can share the money. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the claim

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email with your telephone no: fax no: to enable us discuss further.

Best regards.

Barrister Fredrich Bosch

(Abogados)

N.B.PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH MY PRIVATE E-MAIL: barister_ferdrich@yahoo.es





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