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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • +447011153020 (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.
  • barr_patnewton002@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • pnewton@easymail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr. Patrick Newton" <barr_patnewton002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:54:11 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED


From The Desk Of : Barrister Patrick Newton
London United Kingdom
Email: barr_patnewton002@yahoo.fr
Telephone: +44 70 111 53020


URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL / URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED


I make this appeal with the understanding that any fact or opinion
expressed by me are give in confidence and solely for your own information and use.
I am Barrister Patrick Newton, the Personal Attorney to Mr. Morris
Thompson (a 61 years old, of Fairbanks, Alaska) until his death My client Mr.Morris Thompson died with his entire
family(Wife and only Daughter) in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight number 261
which crashed on 31 January, 2000.You shall read more about the crash on
visiting this web page site
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/


My Client, Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great
industrialist and a resident of Alaska, before his death had a
deposit of US$10M,(Ten Million US Dollars) in a
Security and Investment Finance Firm in Europe which he had proposed to be used in a new line of
business (Oil & Gas - Crude oil). All the documents for this deposit was given to me
to be kept as his Attorney, and after his death i have been seeking to
find his relative or next of kin for the claim of this huge amount to no
avail as he died with his only Daughter.



The Security Company has decided to confiscate this funds and have it
transferred to their treasury as an "unclaimed funds" In this light i am
contacting you to assist in presenting you as the Next of Kin/ Relative of this
my Client and all the documents will be presented to the Security and
Finance Company in your name as the Next of Kin. All further documents will also
be procured in your name according to the laws of England and Wales.



You have to follow the instruction which I will send to you as the next
of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into
treasury of the Security and Finance Company as unclaimed funds.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this transaction is
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Briton (
British Citizen) cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. In appreciation of
your assistance, I am offering you 30% of the total sum. 5% for
expenses that may be incurred in this transaction, the remaining remaining
65% is for me.

Send me your following information.

Full name------------------------------

Contact address----------------------------

Phone & Fax numbers-----------------------------

Occupation-------------------------------------

Date of birth--------------------------------------

Company name (if any) -----------------------------------------

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or
email the text of the application which you will complete and forward
to the Security Company asking for this money to be paid to you as the
next of kin to Mr. Morris Thomson. I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fear as
all required arrangements have been made for the transfer or delivery.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail through

the above email. barr_patnewton002@yahoo.fr

Ensure that you reply me on the above mentioned email, it is very important that you do so.


Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Patrick Newton
pnewton@easymail.hu

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