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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:
  • "barrister" (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 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.
  • barrvictor_primechambers@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Jennifer brown <jennifer_brwn12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrsjenniferbrown00@walla.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:59:44 +0000
Subject: I KNOW I DON'T KNOW YOU BUT I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO DO THIS.



Dearest in the lord,My name is Mrs. Jennifer brown; I am a dying woman who have decided to donate what I have to you and also for the good work of God. I am 63 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 9 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for. I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of God, rather than allow my relatives to use my husband’s hard earned funds ungodly. Please pray that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God to forgive me and believe he has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than two hours.I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $8,700,000.00(Eight million seven hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows. At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that my relatives are around me and my health status. I have adjusted my WILL and my lawyer is aware I have changed my will to you and he will arrange and transfer the funds from my account to you. I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others.Contact my lawyer with this specified email: Barrister Victor Carter.(barrvictor_primechambers@yahoo.co.uk) and tell him that I have WILLED ($8,700,000.00) to you by quoting my personal reference number Law/chamber/je/nd/WILL/TT453276542/Jrrr/086. And I have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you for a specific and good work.I know I don't know you but I have been directed to do this. How I got your contact is by divine directives from God, so you have nothing to worry about. I prayed and thought about this before deciding to WILL this fund to you. Am also doing this because I don’t really think I will be able to make it after the surgical operation. So once again, don’t disappoint me because if you do, then you disappoint God. This is my dying wish.Thanks and God bless.Regards,Mrs. Jennifer Brown.


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