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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:
  • "united state dollar" (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.
  • mr_lola_james@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LEND JAMES LOLA <at_james_atlawyer@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lola_jj_144@yahoo.com.ar>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:38:48 +0100
Subject: ATTN PLS






LEAD GROUP CHAMBER.
1 Churchill Place,E14 5HP London,United
Kingdom.
Attention: Sir/Madam,
I am barrister LOLA JAMES OF LEAD GROUP CHAMBER.
This mail is written and intended to solicit your assistance to be presented as
NEXT OF KIN to my late client, MR MARK KOGAN my Deceassed client MR MARK KOGAN
of 108 Richmond hill, ontario made a fixed deposit of funds valued t $10 Million
(TEN MILLON UNITED STATE DOLLARS) Only with a financial company which will not
disclose for now. Unfortunately he lost his life on the bomb explosions that
took placed in london on july 7th 2005 [I have for Ref;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2005/london_explosions/default.stm]and
left on clear beneficiary as next of kin except some vital documents related to
the disposit still in my possession as the famillys legal counsel. The governing
body of the finance company has contacted me on this matter and I am yet to
provide the next of kin to my claim to the fund. Under a clear and legitimate
agreement with you ,I shall seek your consent to present you as the next of kin
so that my late client's fund will not confiscated by the finace company as
informed in their last letter to me dated APRIL 10th 2007 for the sake of
transparency on this matter, you are free to make immediate contact to me via my
E-Mail address (mr_lola_james@hotmail.com) for futher information related to
this matter.Thank you very much for you anticipated aceptance while i expect you
prompt response.Your Faithfully,1.Your direct telephone numbers
2. Account Details and a copy of you ID
3.Your house address. LOLA JAMES(ESQ)
_________________________________________________________________
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