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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • judeanslem@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3ajudeanslem@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "aslem jude" <jude001@ig.com.br>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 20:14:27 +0100
Subject: WILL EXPECTING YOUR MAIL URGENT


**
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*Naicker *
*Solicitors *

*26 Murray Road, Pinetown, London, England . Email:
**naickerinfo17894@earthlink.net* <naickerinfo17894@earthlink.net>*
*
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*$25.6 Million *
**
*Dear sir, I know that you may be surprised in receiving this confidential
proposal from somebody you do not know,but please do not be alarmed It is as
a result of the urgency and nature of the business that made me contact you
in this manner. *
**
*I am Mr.JUDE ANSLEM, an attorney from Europe and a personal attorney to
late Mr. John Cuthbertson, (hereinafter referred to as my client an
expatriate and an oil/mining contractor who used to work in my country back
in London as an Engineering Consultant with UK Mining Corporation. *
**
*On the 31st of January 2000, my client died from an air crash aboard Alaska
Airline flight 261 that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000.
(**http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/index.html*<http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/index.html>
*). My client used to be a close friend of my late father who also died four
years ago. *
**
*Shortly, before my client death, he had instructed me to prepare his
WILL but without a named beneficiary yet. He had already signed the WILL and
was contemplating on making his pet dog the beneficiary since he had no wife
nor children before he died from air crash. Since that unfortunate incident,
I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's relatives to
facilitate repatriation of his estate from Africa. My efforts up till date
proved unsuccessful. *
**
*The reason for contacting you is to assist me urgently in repatriating the
sum of Twenty five million six hundred million U.S. Dollars (US$25,600,000)
left behind by my client before his death.
*
*This amount of money is kept in safe custody with a security/finance
company operating between Europe. The security company has issued me a
notice to provide the next-of- kin of my client or have the money declared
unserviceable and returned to the UK government.*
**
* I can not claim this money myself because of my position as the Attorney
to the deceased and the Security Company is aware of this situation.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives for seven
years now, I seek your consent for a confidential co-operation with me so
that I can present you as the next-of-kin to my client Mr. John Cuthbertson
for the money to be paid to you as the beneficiary. Note that this
transaction is simple and risk free because I will provide you with expert
legal services, documentations and transaction codes that will guarantee the
successful execution of this deal with the security/finance company. *
**
*All I require is your honesty and serious co-operation to enable us see the
deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. *
**
*I wish to point out that after the claims, I would want 20% of this money
to be shared among charity organizations, while the remaining 80% is shared
equally between us. You will agree with me that It is a better judgement for
us to claim this money and put into profitable/peaceful use than allowing it
to be confiscated and divided amongst the corrupt government in UK. *
**
*If you are capable of handling this transaction, please reply via my email
address:judeanslem@hotmail.com <address%3Ajudeanslem@hotmail.com> with your
full names and telephone number to enable us discuss and proceed
accordingly. *
**
*Yours faithfully, Barr.JUDE ANSLEM.
Email:judeanslem@hotmail.com <Email%3Ajudeanslem@hotmail.com> *
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