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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • barrichbrown@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prof Richard Brown" <profrich2@netsurfusa.net>
Reply-To: barrichbrown@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:14:23 -0500
Subject: PLEASE REPLY



FROM, BARRISTER RICHARD BROWN
7 ASSOCIATION AVENUE VICTORIA-ISLAND

LAGOS- STATE -NIGERIA.


 I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database in the
Internet. My name is  BARRISTER RICHARD BROWN. An account overseer to
late Mr. Rudzinski, He was an oil merchant UNDER NIGERIAN NATIONAL
PETROLUEM COMPANY, (NNPC) here in Nigeria,he was a well known
Philanthropist before he died. He made a Will stating that $10.9M(Ten
million nine hundred thousand U.S.dollars only) should be donated to
any Philanthropist of our choice overseas.

 

I have made a random draw on your name, your e-mail address was picked
to be the beneficiary to this Will on the point that immediately the
money is finally transferred into your account, it will be share on
the pecentage ratio we agreed upon. I am particularly interested in
securing this money from the Bank because they have issued a notice
instructing me been the account overseer to produce the beneficiary
ofthis Will within a limited time frameor else the money will be
credited into their treasury as unclaimed fund as it is the law here.

 

It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of my late client since he
is no more alife.If you are interested, quickely contact me
immediately for us to start the process of sending this money to any
of your designated official account or your off-shore account.But if
you don't have account for now, the fund can be delivered to you
through a diplomatic source.

I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in
mind that the Bank has given a date limit.

 

I am await your urgent reply.on this email address
.barrichbrown@yahoo.com.hk.

 

Your Sincerely,
BARRISTER RICHARD BROWN

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