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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • dr.barr.stevenamou@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?utf-8?q?Dr.=20Barr.=20Steven=20Amou?=" <drbarr.stevenamou001@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: dr.barr.stevenamou@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:34:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST!


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:drbarr.stevenamou001@yahoo.com.co



- STEVEN CHAMBERS LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY& HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE 15 ETUAROUS, COTONOU , COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIQUE. Email: dr.barr.stevenamou@gmail.com Our Ref: TO/CA 235 Hello Dear, I am Dr. Barr. Steven Amou, Attorney to late Mr. Kurt Kahle from Germany who unfortunately lost his life in the air crash of Concorde Airlines Flight 4590 which crashed on Monday, July 31st 2000, including his wife and only son *may there soul rest in peace*. You shall read more about the incident on visiting the link below if you so wish. Prior to his unexpected death, he deposited the sum of USD$15.5Million (Fifteen Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) with a bank here. Eventually, since after his death nobody has been able to come up for the claims of his fortune with the bank as the next-of-kin. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm I have monitored this situation closely with the bank for years. Having done so before and after my client's death and hence nobody has showed up as the next-of-kin. I want to crave your indulgence to seek and solicit for your consent to present you to the bank as the next-of-kin of my late client to enable us claim the funds legally. As his personal Attorney before his death because I cannot make claims to the funds myself. The present government of the country has threatened to get the funds confiscated sooner than later, if no one comes forward for the claim. If this objective could be achieved with you as the case may be you will be rewarded with 40% of these funds as my partner who provides the necessary logistics while 40% will be for me and the remaining 20% will go to a charity organization of our choice. I shall visit you in any suitable country that would be conducive for the disbursement of the funds according to our agreed terms as indicated above. Furthermore, upon the receipt this letter, you read and understood its contents and ready to work with me, you should contact me via e-mail: dr.barr.stevenamou@gmail.com .All necessary arrangements for securing of all legal documentation through the various agencies have been outlined. I shall further discuss much in details when your positive response is acknowledged. Yours faithfully, Dr. Barr. Steven Amou (Esq).

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