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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:
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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 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.
  • +27791247454 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • barrdavesmith@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Dave Smith <barr.davesmith60@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:19:57 +0000
Subject: Your assistance is urgently needed



25/08/2007

Attn:

I am Barrister Dave Smith, a solicitor at law, I am the personal attorney to MR. ABDUL NASSER MUBARAK, a national of your country, who use to work with the (SHELL DEVELOPMENT OIL COMPANY) in South Africa. My client MR. ABDUL NASSER MUBARAK was born on the 21st of april 1953 and he died on a plane crash on his journey to Egypt for a contract.


My client Mr. ABDUL NASSER MUBARAK never had a family of his own, his parents are late and he is the only child of his parents. Before he died he deposited the sum of $7,350,000.00 (SEVEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLAR) with the STANDARD FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY(SFSC) with the hope of transferring the money to his home country for other investments.


Since the death of my client i have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of his extended families or relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating this money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the security company where the deposit was made.


The security company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or they will have the money confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since i have been unsuccesfull in locating any of my client relatives. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so as to enable the security company transfer the money to you and then you and i can share the money 50% to me and 50% to you.


You are free to give your own opinion on this transaction modelity if you wish. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up every claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation and trust so as to enable us seal this transaction through. Please contact me on my private email barrdavesmith@yahoo.com.hk



Respectfully

Barrister Dave Smith
(Attorney Of Law).


Tel: +27791247454

+27791247455
144 Lake Shore Drive
Abeni Crescent 96205
Johannesburg South Africa
barrdavesmith@yahoo.com.hk
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