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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)
  • "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: Foong Chong <bmarvin@ptd.net>
Reply-To: foongchong1legalconsultant@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 04:26:36 -0400
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE!!


Foong Chong
+60173105035
Attention,
I am Foong Chong, an attorney at law. I discovered your email and
information through internet search so I decided to contact you. I
know you
may think this is a scam because of the internet scams that is going
on
round the world today. But i must tell you that this is real.
A deceased client of mine, who hereinafter shall be referred to as
my
client, died as the result of a heart-related condition on the 11
November 2001. His heart condition was due to the death of all the
members of
his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf near
Bahrain
Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported on
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html [1]
I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind
by
my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where this deposit valued at TEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED
STATES DOLLARS. ($10,600.000.00 USD). Is lodged.
This bank has
issued
me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be
confiscated.
My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, so that the proceeds
of
this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the amount on a
mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your
claim as
my client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your
honest
cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. This will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
many
breach of the law.
If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my
apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the
utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential,
whatever
your decision, while I await your prompt response. Please contact me
at
once via my EMAIL ADDRESS or PHONE NUMBER to indicate your interest.

Email:mrfoongchong_legalconsultant@yahoo.co.my
Phone Number: +60173105035
Best regards,
Barrister Foong Chong.
(Attorney at Law).

Links:
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[1] http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

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