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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.)
  • "barr." (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.
  • shortemile@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Short Emile" <short.emile25@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: short.emile@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:51:14 -0500
Subject: Attention:Sir

Greeting from Barrister Short Emile Esq.
Direct Line: 00233.249.469.126
Emile:Shortemile@consultant.com

Attention:Sir

My name is Barrister Short Emile, the legal representative of Mr. Kim,
Changho a citizen of United State Of America here in Ghana. I am writing in
respect of the Fund US$9.5M he deposited with STANBIC BANK GHANA before his
sudden death on August 6, 1997 in a plane crash (Korean Air Flight 801) with
the whole passengers aboard.

You can view this http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this my Client, I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars, which has been with STANBIC BANK GHANA branch for a very long time.

Meanwhile I have made several attempts to claim this fund as his personal
attorney on my own but the Bank refuse to release the fund to me stating
that I should present a second party before the fund can be release to me
for security reason.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next
of Kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics
here does not allow such money to stay more than Ten years, because money
will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.

In view of this I will make sure that I go extra mind to got a responsible
person who will not betrayed me or trying to blackmail me,

As soon as you receive this letter, kindly call me on my private line
signifying your decision. 00233.249.469.126

After much, if you are willing to execute this project with me, you will
deduct 30% of the total money as your commission.

Thanks for your Co-operation
Yours Sincerely,
Barr. Short Emile Esq.

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