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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "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.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Chong Lee <chonglee.204@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barristerchongleechambers@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:01:17 +0000
Subject: YOUR KIND ATTENTION



Dear Sir,I am Barrister Jason Chong Lee, personal attorney to Mr Harrison,an expatriate who was resident here in Malaysia.On the 2nd of January, 2005 I recieved a call that my client died in the Tsunami Disaster with his their wife and child while on vacation at Phuket Island in Thailand. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives but it has proved unsuccessful.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the funds left behind by my client before it gets confiscated declared unserviceable by the bankwhere this deposit is lodged. Particularly, the bank where the deceased hadan account valued at US$4,700,000.00 (Four Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the biological relatives of my late client, I hereby seek your consent to present you to the bank as his next-of-kin since you are a foreigner and have same last name as my late client, so that the balance on his account can be transfered to you as inheritance and thereafter, you and me can share the money; 50% to me, 40% to you, and 10% will be donated to the Tsunami Disaster Charity Fund.As a lawyer I will obtain from the relevant authority, necessary legal paperwork that will be used to substantiate and legalise our claim to the inheritance. All I require is your consent, honest co-operation and assistance to enable us see the deal through. Finally, I guarantee that the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please contact me via emailto enable us discuss further.Thank you.Barr.Jason Chong Lee
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