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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:
  • "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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045786481 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "David Jeffrey" <djeff2001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:27:55 +0300
Subject: FURTHER INFORMATION ON BEQUEST


MANAGING PARTNER
DAVID JEFFREY,ESQ.
15 New Bridge Street
London
EC4V 6AU
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 704 578 6481
Fax: +44 700 592 1303

NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estates of late Mr.Andreas
Schranner, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter returned
undelivered.

I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL.
I wish to notify you that late Mr.Andreas Schranner made you a beneficiary
to his WILL. He left the sum of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
(US$5,500.000.00 ) to you in the codicil and last testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true.
Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in the
past or simply you were recommended to him by one of his numerous friends
abroad who wished you good. Mr.Andreas Schranner was a German Property
Magnate until his death. He had a very good heart and loved to give out. His
great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late
Mr.Andreas Schranner died on on Monday, 31 July, 2000 at the age of 64
years, and his WILL is now ready for execution.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and
to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you this
time as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me through fax or email as
soon as possible to enable me conclude my job.

I hope to hear from you in no distant time to enable conclude my job.

Yours in Service,

Barrister David Jeffrey.

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