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

Fraud email example:

From: jerry Moris <morisjerry11@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jerrymoris15@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:32:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear friend help me claim this fund


Dear sir ,
&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am Barr.&nbsp; jerry moris of jerry Chambers,an Attorney at law, and
the Personal lawyer to Engineer M. C. Berger&nbsp; an Oil consultant
hereinafter referred to as my client.
&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the 26Th December 2003, my client, his wife and their only
daugther were involved in a plane crash Boeing 727 Beirut bound, which
crashed into the sea off the West African state of Benin on their holiday
trip to Dubai. The news of this crash was on the news which we have
notified his relatives to no avail.
&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm
&nbsp;&nbsp;
Since then I have made several enquiries to the embassy here to locate
any of my clients relatives, this has proved unsuccessful.I have
contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$11.5 million
left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the finance company where this huge amount was deposited.
&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp; The said finance company has issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty-one
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 2years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.
&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp; On receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information
and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp; All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangements that will protect you from any breach of the law.
&nbsp;&nbsp;
Best Regards
jerry moris Esq.
Principal Attorney,
Cotonun Benin Republic.

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