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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447045745948 (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.charles_paynne1010@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paynne"<charles_paynne@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:09:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: A MUST READ URGENTLY






















































Dear Friend, I am sorry I supposed to informed you earlier before now. My name is Charles Paynne, Principal Partner in Paynee Law Chambers, London. I am contacting you because you share the last name with my late client. Late Mr.Henry Oliveira was a personal client of mine . A folkhero and an industrial tycoon in London. Meanwhile, I managed all his legal affairs. As of today, I stand as a true custodian to the cash deposit which he made in a financial institute in Finacial Company. So, I am faced with the task of getting someone with your matching profile who can be permitted to claim the fund.The amount in the deposit is £3.5,000,000 and the finance house is ready to release the money to whoever I present as the true fund beneficiary and next-of-kin to my late client because my late client accorded me with a Letter of Authority (Power of Attorney) duly endorsed in the British High Court of Justice when he made the deposit, to act on his behalf in times of his absence and
inability to act and I was his legal advising councilor on the deposit and other issues. The finance house where my late client deposited the fund currently demands that I quickly provide a beneficiary for the fund because the deposit duration has expired and needs a renewal or on the other hand, a withdrawal from their company otherwise it will be handed over to the government. This is the reason that I decided to contact and do this deal with you so that we can get the money out whether you are truly related to my late client or not. If you feel we can sign out the funds together, quickly send me your phone and fax no. and I will call to give you the details of the deal and send you the relevant transaction documents. Please reply to the below email address. Thanks..Please reply to:barr.charles_paynne1010@yahoo.co.uk. And you can still contact me on mobile number +447045745948.Yours faithfully, Barr. Charles Paynne Esq.













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