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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 great 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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • barrkeithrapper333@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <cl70548@appstate.edu>
Reply-To: barrkeithrapper333@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:30:49 GMT
Subject: ATTENTION!!!




UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION - UK
(WORLD DEVELOPING ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL AWARD
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
UNITED NATIONS LIASION OFFICE
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
Our Ref: TC/NN/UK/XX028


ATTENTION!!!

This is to inform you that a random selection of individual was conducted via
E-mail addressees drawn from 250 Countries around the world, whom will be
awarded a contract worth of 9.2 Million GBP (Nine Million Two Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds). This money is to be used to support
humanitarian activities and to help carry out a selfless service to
mankind E.g. Helping the poor, building of School, Library, Care for the
less privilege and as well developing local communities around the world.

It is on this note that I, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro the Deputy
Secretary-General UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION contact you, I once again try
to notify you as my earlier letter were returned undelivered. I hereby
attempt to reach you again by this same email address stated here and I
wish to notify you that you have been AWARDED this GREAT CONTRACT and a
total sum of 9.2 Million GBP (Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand Great
British Pounds) Security Deposit firm

Until today, we have helped many lives in developing countries, around the
world, E.g. Vietnam, India, Nigeria, Ghana, South African, Malaysia,
Korea, and have also developed some charitable projects which have won us
numerous awards.

Please if I reach you this time as I am hopeful, endeavor to contact our
attorney general in charge of remittance with the information provided
below,

BARRISTER KEITH RAPPER LAW FIRM
Address: Mitre House, 160 Alders gate Street, London EC1A 4DD
E-mail: barrkeithrapper333@hotmail.com
TEL: + (44)-704-574-8348, Fax: + (44)-87-1251-8628

Contact him; please provide him with (1.) Remittance Code (*KC11215#)
(2.) Full Name and Address, (3.) Telephone Number (4.) Age: (5.)
Occupation, (6.) Present Country:

You are advised to contact BARRISTER KEITH RAPPER LAW FIRM as soon as you
get this e-mail so that a CONTRACT AGREEMENT LETTER can be forwarded to
you, as this will be requested as proof of identification when you contact
the remittance Bank for proper claims.

Once again, I sincerely thank you for your good co-operation to help build
the nation and I pray God give you the strength to establish this contract
successfully.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro
Deputy Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION
ATTENTION ALL RESPONSE SHOULD BE CHANNELED TO via EMAIL
(barrkeithrapper333@hotmail.com )

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