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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • douglasclark_esq@eqqu.com
  • douglasclark_esq@eqqu.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Douglas Clark" <dcs111_esq@awenet.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 01:12:52 +0100
Subject: PLEASE REPLY NOW




Douglas Clark Solicitors
7 Bolt Court,
London EC8A 5DQ
Tell: 44-7040128419
Tell: 44-7040125945
Fax: 44-87-1247-2209
Email: douglasclark_esq@eqqu.com
Attn Sir,
I am Douglas Clark a solicitor and legal practitioner based in United Kingdom. I am the personal attorney to Dr. George Brumley who was a consultant with Shell UK LTD here in London, who shall be referred to as my client.
On the 21st of July 2003, my client Dr. George Brumley and his family were involved in a fatal plane crash in Nairobi Kenya, West Africa. Unfortunately my client Mr. George and his family lost their lives.
Here is the website of the incident that struck on that faithful day.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clientsextended relatives and this has proved unsuccessful.
After my several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unclaimed by the security company where this huge deposit were lodged.
Particularly, the finance company where the deceased had the said fund valued at USD20 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $20 Million Dollars can be paid to your account abroad, you will have 30% of the money for your role while I will have 60% and 10% for expenses that we may incur in the cause of processing the claim.
I have access to all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up anyclaim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please kindly get back to me through my email address or personal phone number for confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.
Best regards,
Douglas Clark (esq.)
reply to: douglasclark_esq@eqqu.com

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