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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "million british pounds" (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)
• 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.
  • jcopper73@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • barrmalvinbrown@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Copper John" <cjohn73@student.com>
Reply-To: jcopper73@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:49:39 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY


*John Copper (Esq)**
London E4 7DA,United Kingdom.
E-mail: jcopper73@yahoo.co.uk <barrmalvinbrown@yahoo.com>

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated as
such. I am John Copper, a personal attorney/sole executor to the late
Engineer Robert M.Heindafter referred to as " my client" I represent the
interest of my client who died with his immediate family in a fatal motor
accident in East London on November 5, 2002. And I will like to negotiate
the terms of investment of resources available to him.*

* *

*My late client worked as consulting engineer & sub-comptroller with Genesis
Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd here in the United Kingdom and had left behind a
deposit of 18million British Pounds Sterling (eighteen Million Pounds) with
a finance company.*

* *

*The funds originated from contract transactions he executed in his
registered area of business. Just after his death, I was contacted by the
Security Finance Company to provide his next of kin, reasons been that his
deposit agreement contains a residuary clause giving his personal attorney
express authority to nominate the beneficiary to his funds. Unknown to the
Security Finance Company, Robert had left no possible trace of any of his
close relative with me, making all efforts in my part to locate his family
relative to be unfruitful since his death. In addition, from Robert's own
story, he was only adopted and his foster parents whom he lost in 1976,
according to him had no possible trace of his real family.**

The funds had remained unclaimed since his death, but I had made efforts
with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be
claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate, and all such
efforts have been to no avail. More so, I have received official letters in
the last few weeks suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his
abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws by the security Finance
Company. However, it will interest you to know that I discovered that some
directors of this finance company are making plans already to have this fund
to themselves only to use the excuse that since I am unable to find a next
of kin to my late client then the funds should be confiscated, meanwhile
their
intentions is to have the funds retrieved for themselves.

I reasoned very professionally and resolved to use a legal means to retrieve
the abandoned funds, and that is to present the next of kin of my deceased
client to the Security Company. This is legally possible and would be done
in accordance with the laws. On this note, I decided to search for a capable
fellow, whom I can present to the Security Company as the next of Kin to my
client. *

* *

*I have all vital documents that would confer you the legal right to lay
claim to the funds, and it would back up your claim. I am willing to make
these documents available to you so that the proceeds valued at £18million
Deposited in the Security Finance Company can be paid to you before it gets
confiscated or declared unserviceable to the Company where this huge amount
is lodged.**

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your
notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain
any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of
this transfer.
As I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please get in
touch via my alternative email:
**jcopper73@yahoo.co.uk*<barrmalvinbrown@yahoo.com>
* *

*Thanks for your understanding,***

* *

*Kind Regards, *

* *

*John Copper.*

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