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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "R.Huddleston & Solicitors" <info@lawfirm.com>
Reply-To: ramhddsk@ymail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:24:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST [SPAM]




FROM THE DESK OF:
Barr. Ramsey Huddleston
R.Huddleston & Solicitors
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4QN
United Kingdom

NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.
Whitacre Emmett,I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter
returned undelivered. Late Engr. Whitacre Emmett left the sum of seven
million five hundred thousand United States Dollars ($7,500.000.00 USD)
to you in the codicile and last testament to his WILL.
This may sound unbelievable to you, but it is true. He must have been in
contact with you in the past or you were recommended to him by one of his
numerous friends who wished you good.
He was a member of numerous organizations.
Get back to me immediately
Yours in Service
Ramsey Huddleston (ESQ)
Reply-To (ramhddsk@ymail.com)



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