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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:
  • "affidavit of claim" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "affidavit " (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.
• 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.
  • +447031851035 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:39:52 -1200
Subject: I SEEK YOUR CONSENT

Good day!

My name is Martin Rodger. I am a solicitor with Falcon
Chambers London UK and the personal attorney to Engr.
Christian Eich, the President /CEO Tranfield Worley Company
Who died with his family in the July 2000, Air France crash.
For your confirmation, please visit:
http://news..bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Although he left no record of any next of kin or close
relatives, I have made several attempts to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, which had proved unsuccessful.
As a matter of fact, my client deposited the sum of
£1,700,000.00GBP (One Million Seven Hundred Pounds
Sterling Only) with a Bank in London, United Kingdom and
stocks worth £3.9 million (with unclaimed dividends) being
managed by his stockbrokers.
And consequently, the Bank has issued me a final mandate to
provide my client’s next of kin or have the fund
liquidated or taken to the state treasury.

And based on my unsuccessful search for his relatives for
the past six year now, I therefore seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin/inheritor to my deceased
client, so that the money will be transferred to your
account for us to share on an agreed percentage of 55% for
me, 40% for you and 5% for the less privileged. As his
personal attorney I have all the legal documents and all it
takes to backup the claims, while the rest (affidavit) could
be processed through the British Crown Court of Her Majesty.
To swear this affidavit of claims, I need the under-listed
information.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Your full name and address
2. Your private phone and fax numbers
3. Marital status
4. Age
5. Occupation

Thereafter, I shall proceed to the Bank to formally file in
an application of claims in your names and subsequent
transfer of the funds to you as the next of kin.

All I require is your honest cooperation. I guarantee that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement and no
government involvement at all. For more information about me
please visit the Chambers Website:
http://www.falcon-chambers.co.uk/members/member.cfm?id=165

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Best regards!

Martin Rodger, QC.
+44 703 185 1035
+44 770 457 2476.(mob.)

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