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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:
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (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.
  • @rocketmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Andrew Norris <andrewnorris2220@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: andrewnorris221@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 23:12:09 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: I will be waiting to hear from you

Hello ,

My name is Andrew Norris. I am aa attorney, working with the reputable legal firm - Hogarth Chambers in London, United Kingdom. I am contacting you because you share the same last name with my late client, He was a personal client of mine and I managed all his legal affairs.

As of today, I stand as a true custodian to the cash deposit which he made in a Finance Firm outside the United Kingdom. I am faced with the task of getting someone who can stand as his beneficiary, who can be permitted to claim the fund.

The amount deposited is (Twelve Million US Dollar) and the Finance Firm is ready to release the money to whoever I present as the true fund beneficiary and next-of-kin to my late client because my late client accorded me with a Letter of Authority (Power of Attorney) duly endorsed in the British High Court of Justice when he made the deposit, to act on his behalf in times of his absence and inability to act and I was his legal advising counsellor on the deposit and other issues.

The Finance Firm where my client deposited the fund currently demands that I quickly provide a beneficiary for the fund because the deposit duration has expired and needs a renewal or withdrawal from their company otherwise it will be handed over to the government.This is the reason that I decided to contact and do this deal with you so that we can get the money out whether you are truly related to my late client or not.

If you feel we can sign out the funds together quickly send me your names in full, your contact address, your contact telephone number and I will get back to you with details of the transaction.

Regards,
Andrew Norris B.Sc, Dip Law
Hogarth Chambers
5 New Square
Lincoln's Inn
London WC2A 3RJ
United Kingdom
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