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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:
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (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 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.
  • walter_gabriel01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WALTER GABRIEL" <billmail@purcell.biz>
Reply-To: walter_gabriel01@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:05:09 -0800
Subject: STAND AS NEXT-OF-KIN


Walter Gabriel
Prudent Chambers
Children & Families Law Firm
1-3 Brixton Rd London,
SW9 6DE, United Kingdom
Email: walter_gabriel01@hotmail.com

I am Barrister Walter Gabriel personal Attorney to Ronald Lake and Joyce
Lake who used to work with Frank Howard Allen Realtors. On the 31st of January
2000, my client and his wife were involved in a Plane Crash (Alaska Airlines
Flight 261) all passengers unfortunately lost their
lives, since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients?
extended relatives but this proved unsuccessful.

You can read more about their death on this website below:

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

After all these several unsuccessful attempts, since it's not compulsory
that the next-of-kin must be a blood relation to the deceased,hence I contacted
you because you are from the same country with my late client, Be informed
that a next-of-kin can be anybody,friends or
organization.

Presently, the Bank where the deceased (my client) had a Deposit valued
at US$14, 000, 000.00 Million issued me a notice to provide the
next-of-kin to my client to receive its benefit or have the Funds confiscated,so
I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating this benefit left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the Bank.

To this effect, I now seek your consent to present you to the Bank as the
next of kin of the deceased (my Client) so that the proceeds of
this Deposit valued at US$14,000,000.00 Million can be paid to you and then
you and I can share the money; 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% should
be given to any Orphanage Home.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with
me with the below details immediately you acknowledge the good receipt of
this message.


Full Name:

Full Address:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

Mobile Number:

Age:


Occupation:

Sex:

Marital Status:


Your prompt response shall be most appreciated

Yours faithfully,

Barr.Walter Gabriel (Esq.)
Principal Partner, (Prudent Chambers London UK.)

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