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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, 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Fred Jamil" <fred_j52@msn.com>
Reply-To: fredjam@fsmail.net
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:25:55 +0000
Subject: Memo.

From: Barr. Fred J. Jamil.
29 Frith Street,
London , W1D 5LG
Phone : 44 7023050725
Fax : 44-87-1247-2267

Attn Sir,

I am Barr. Fred Jamil 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, East 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 clients
extended 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 incure in the cause of
processing the claim.

I have access to all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
any claim 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

Fred Jamil.

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