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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states 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)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Honorable Barrister" <desputedad3@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:50:31 -0700
Subject: A LETTER FROM BARRISTER DAVID


Dear Friend,




First I must apologize for intruding into your private email address Knowing
the fact that we do not know or have met each other.I want you to read
through my letter with great zeal to participate in this business and I
promise you that your involvement will not be regretted.

My name is David Obranno, A legal adviser/friend of former CEO of Wattle
Group investment.He died 4 years ago and these are his wishes.Wattle Group
Investment which is an investment company that raised more than $160
millionUSD from about 2700 investors across Australia carrying out its
normal duties until 2001 when the Australian Securities and Investment
Commission closed down the company and jailed my client, because it was not
paying its customers the proceeds of their investments as agreed and there
was no trace of investment of the monies collected from its customers to any
Australian Bank or any bank in the world. You can confirm the above
information from www.moneymanagement.com.au/articles/ae/0c004cae.asp


According to my Late client at my last meeting with him before he died Part
of the money made from Wattle Group investment was invested in an investment
account with a bank here in London. The sum of money currently in the
investment account that I have confirmed including accumulated interest and
excluding tax is $64million USD (Sixty-Four million United States
dollars).Therefore my exact reason of contacting you is that my late client
has authorised me to find a neutral person for security reasons to work with
me and ensure that the funds in the bank here in London are put into another
banking system. since ASIC has made there investigation beyond doubt that no
funds or asset are existing traced to my client as beneficiary.


If you are capable and willing to assist my client receive these funds in
question by transfer to your bank account? he is willing to offer you 30% of
total money in the investment account. There is no risk involved in this
business and this business has absolutely nothing to do with drugs, illegal
sales of arms, terrorist or any mafia. The process involved to change the
beneficiary of the investment account to your information as the new
beneficiary and transfer of the funds in the investment account to your bank
account will be achieved legally and all documents would be legally
documented. In conclusion please indicate your interest in this business in
your reply message via email. And I will furnish you with more details on
how I intend to achieve the transfer of the funds in question to your bank
account.

Best regards.

Barrister David Obranno

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