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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • barr.mauricejerome@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lucky Law Chambers $ Associates" <barrmauricejerome@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: barr.mauricejerome@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:48:45 -0700
Subject: Urgent / lucky law chambers $ Associates


LUCKY LAW CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
Solicitors & Legal Practitioners
Along India House
Aldwvch London WC2B 4NA.
E-mail: barr.mauricejerome@yahoo.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 all future
correspondence to my private email address: (barr.mauricejerome@yahoo.com)

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

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Yours in service,
Barrister Jerome.
Principal Partner: LUCKY LAW CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES

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