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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (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)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a "Zimbabwe" 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.
  • barrister_jwoodward@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "b.jwoodward@terra.es" <b.jwoodward@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:47:24 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: GOOD DAY


GOOD DAY=20
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise since we have not Know=
n or met before now, please consider this letter as a genuineRequest from a=
family in need. I am barrister jonathan woodward,a family lawyer to Musa =
Dakoro, a wealthy black farmer and senior politician with the opposition po=
litical party in Zimbabwe, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), who was mu=
rdered by President Robert Mugabe. He was accused of assisting White farmer=
s in fighting the government. The government claimed he died of heart attac=
k and his body was never seen for proper autopsy, and he was buried in the =
government cemetery. His associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Brit=
ain who was his partner was also murdered; Mr. Olds was attacked and murder=
ed in his home. You will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal =
acts by visiting this web site http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.ht=
ml
Before their death they deposited the sum of Ten Million US Dollars (US$10,=
000,000.00) with a finance company here in the UK when they came to purchas=
e farm machinery equipment, this money was earmarked for the purchase of ne=
w machinery and chemicals for the farms and the Establishment of new farms =
in Lesotho and Switzerland. The government will stop at nothing to seize t=
his money if they find out where it is and since they both lost their famil=
ies except for the adopted son of Mr. Olds who is 9 years old now and livin=
g in South Africa. He cannot claim the fund. If you are interested, we will=
prepare you as their Partner, and you will share 20% of the total fund 10%=
for my services and the remaining 70% will be used to establish a business=
for Mr. Olds son after clearance from the finance company, also Note that =
This transaction demands great hearts and true faith. As their Solicitor an=
d confidant, there is no risk involved in this project, Contact me on email=
: barrister_jwoodward@yahoo.co.uk All the documents concerning this transa=
ction would be sent to you, as Soon as you indicate your interest.
Yours truly,Barrister=20
Jonathan Woodward.





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