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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • barbwilliams_999@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Brian Williams <berrbw02@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <barrbwilliams_999@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:28:12 +0100
Subject: BRIAN WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATE (NOTARY PUBLIC)



BRIAN WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATE (NOTARY PUBLIC)Legal Practitioners & Corporate Nominees44 Allen Road, Ikeja Lagos

Attn: friend,

With great pleasure I am writing this proposal on behalf ofmy associates. I got your information through my personalsearch on the internet, hence I decided to seek your cooperation, due to the sensitivity of this transaction and my commitment as an attorney.

I am Barrister Brian Williams personal Attorney to WilliamsBarnes, a foreigner, Geologist by profession and he died since 1999,in an EgyptAir Flight 990, on the 31st October along with other passengers on board.

Before his death, he has a huge sum of (US$11 million) which no other person know about. Unfortunately, the finance company, gave me an ultimatum of ten working days to provide the next of Kin or have this fund confiscated, Consequently the Finance company mandated me to look out for any of his extended family relatives to standin as the next of kin/beneficiary of this fund deposit.This is why I have contacted you to render assistance in repatriating the money and properties left behind by my client, before they will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by this Finance company.

As his personal Attorney, I am in possession of all legaldocuments, which shows the entire transaction between him and the Finance company in relation to this fund deposit.

My constraint is to be able to source a foreign partiner who is honest and trustworthy individual, that will act as trustee and willing to assist me in this transaction, your share as compensation will be (40%) while (5%) for tax and other miscellaneous expenses.

This transactionis 100% risk free provided you treat itwith utmost secrecy and confidentiality.I guarantee you that the entire transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, as all documentsthat will be required by the Finance company will be provided.

Kindly contact me indicating your willingness in assisting me.

Note: All reply should be sent to this email address as inbraket (barbwilliams_999@yahoo.com)

Best Regards,Brian WilliamsATTORNEY -AT- LAW.


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