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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)
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +447024074403 (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.
  • barristerdesmondconnor@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Edwardo Calito Fernandez <edcalfedz@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:38:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Friend! ( Assistant Needed )


Dear Friend,

I am Edwardo Calito Fernandez, The only son of Calito Fernandez. I am an Au pair currently lives and work here in London, have been for the past 6years,I also have a 2year experience as an Au pair & Babysitter with a Greece family based in Manchester I once use to work with before they moved back to their country,as I really have this passion & flair for taking care of kids since I love them but don't have any of my own.

However I know that this mail might come to you as a surprise, due to the fact that we know not each other before now.I got your contact through one of the website, and decided to solicit for your understanding and wholehearted assistance to receive the sum of £3.5M (THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING.)

In your bank account and earnest business partnership thereafter. My name is above, I am 25 years old, a citizen of Brazil. I lost my parents as a result of the recent Bellview Airlines plane crash in Nigeria as they were on missionary work to the schools and churches over there.
Please see website for details: www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/index.html

Before the death of my father he informed me in confident in one of our trip to the United Kingdom (London) that he has deposited the above sum in a suspense account in HSBC Bank in London and made a formal introduction of the bank director and lawyer to me because he used my name as his next of kin as his only daughter.This money he said was deposited for an onward transfer into his business partners account for an investment, he told me that the deposit should be a top secret for the both ears only.and that he was doing this to make sure i carry on from anywhere he may stop.

Because as a Brazilian it is our tradition that children continue from where parents stop in the missionary field and even try to do better. But as fate may have it he died in a plane crash without concluding his heart desire,now I have contacted the lawyer and he is willing to work with me and help me claim the money as next of kin to my late father.

I am now contacting you to help me stand as business associate to my late father and help me receive the money into your account,after which I will be willing to come over to meet you in your country.I intend to also invest in Real Estate business, though it depends on how lucrative it is in your country, I also count on your advise and guidance.

Please kindly reach my fathers lawyer through his contact below and indicate your interest in this transaction, so as to enable us discuss this transaction in detail.

Name: Barrister Desmond O`connor
Address: Barley House Harold Road Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te United Kingdom.
Email:barristerdesmondconnor@europe.com
Phone: +44 702 407 4403

Finally, I wish to assure you that this transaction is legal and 100% risk-free. I have in my possession the legal documents of the fund deposit, as issued to my father by the Bank management.

Thanks you and please contact my late fathers lawyer as quickly as possible.

Yours Sincerely,
Edwardo.c. Fernandez
+44 701 115 2883

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