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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (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.
  • +447040116623 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • robertpenmanchamber@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Penman <robertchamber06@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <robertpenmanchamber@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:47:48 +0000
Subject: Please I Need Your Assistance ,Swift Reply



Robert Penman - Barrister at Law

THE CHAMBERS OF ROBERT PENMAN (LEGAL PRACTITIONER & SENIOR ADVOCATE OF ENGLAND) 7 Bishopgate , London EC2N 3 AR, England . DX: 42619 Cheapside Tel: +44 704 011 6623, +44 703 194 4284 Fax: +44 709 284 4955 Attn: Sir / Madam , I do foresee the surprise this letter will bring to you as it comes from a stranger, but be assured that it comes with the best of intentions.I got your contact >from a search into the Internet and was inspired to seek your co-operation. I am aware of the risks involved in sending this letter by email, therefore i ask that you consider the factors below and keep it strictly confidential.However, if you are unable to meet my demand, kindly discard of it. I am Robert Penman , an attorney to Kurt Kahle (Kurt Kahle, 51, died in the crash with his 37-year-old wife and son Michael, aged eight. Mr Kahle ran a private business school. "He was well liked, always laughed and had a smile. He knew how to live life to the full," said a friend, Dieter Beines.) On the 25th of July 2000, my client, and his entire family died in the Air France Concorde plane crash heading for New York in their plan for a world cruise, visits the site below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm . My late client has a trust account valued at $14.1 million dollars with a private bank in the UK. I have since been asked to provide his next of kin and sincerely i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives since he died with his family,With the bank giving me a deadline to the end of their organization's financial year ending 5th of August 2007 before they claim the deposit, i now desperately seek your consent to present you as the sole next of kin of the deceased, so that the entire funds can be paid to you either in cash or direct wire transfer and then you and i can share the money or put it in any profitable business. I have all necessary information to prepare the relevant documentations that will be used to back up the claim under a legitimate ground without violating any laws. All i require is your honest co-operation with a ready hand, focused mind and a sincere heart. If you are interested please do contact me ASAP, so that I can educate you further for us to proceed swiftly. Contact me via my private email {robertpenmanchamber@yahoo.co.uk} to enable us discuss further. I wait to hear from you ASAP. Thanks, Robert Penman . (Esq)
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