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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • lawyer.umarcamara@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: luckylawchambers1@bigmir.net
Reply-To: lawyer.umarcamara@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 07:55:49 -0700
Subject: LUCKY CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES / URGENT


LUCKY CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
Solicitors & Legal Practitioners
Beside India House
Aldwvch London WC2B 4NA.

E-mail: lawyer.umarcamara@gmail.com

Attention: Sir,

As mentioned in the subject matter, I have an obscure business
interest to share with you. It is understandable that you might be a
little apprehensive because you do not know me. I am Mr.Umar Camara
esq of Lucky Chambers and Associates, a solicitor at law and personal
attorney to Mr. David, a national of your country, who was hereinafter
called my client.

My deceased client made some fixed deposit valued (Six Million Four
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) USD 6,400, 000.00, in a Bank
here in Europe.
I have been given a deadline mandate by the Bank Management to provide
the next of kin or beneficiary to the fund hence failure to do that,
the fund will be confiscated and declared unserviceable by the Bank
and the Government.
In regards to this, I have exhaustively made efforts to locate the
next of kin/beneficiary, or any relative of my deceased client all to
no avail and not successful.

My purpose of contacting you is to seek your consent and to present
you to the bank as the next of kin/beneficiary of my late client's
fund so that the said funds shall be transferred to you as the
beneficiary and the proceeds shared according to this propose sharing
pattern / ratio of 60% of the total fund for me and 40% to you for all
your efforts.

MODALITIES;

I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we
shall come out successfully.

I will prepare the necessary documentation that will back you up as
the next of kin/beneficiary to the fund that will enable onward
transfer to your local account in your country.

I will require your 100% understanding / cooperation to enable us
achieve success within a legitimate arrangement.

We are going to adopt a legalized method in the whole matter that will
protect you from any breach of the law. There is a reward for this
project and it is a task worth undertaking.

However, if the proposal does not conform with your ethics please, do
accept my sincere apologies. If on the contrary, could you kindly open
a correspondence with me, after which I shall furnish you with more
information on this operation?

Also, do please fill the detailed form below and forward it to my private
email address:
(lawyer.umarcamara@gmail.com)

FULL NAMES:
DATE OF BIRTH:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
MARITAL STATUS:
HOME ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Note: All communications should be forwarded to this my private Email:
lawyer.umarcamara@gmail.com

Yours in service,
Umar Camara, esq.
Principal Partner: LUCKY CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES

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