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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:
  • "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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (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.
• 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.
  • barristerkayewilliam@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barrkayewilliams" <barristerkayewilliam@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:47:03 -0600
Subject: I await your urgent response


Barrister Kaye Williams esq
Prudential plc
Laurence Pountney Hill
London EC4R 0HH

ATTENTION:
I am Barrister Barrister Kaye Williams esq,
Attorney to Prudential plc Laurence Pountney
Hill, London.I have an urgent and A very profitable
business proposition for you that should be handled
with extreme confidentiality.

On January 12,1997 a Consultant and contractor
with the British Water Corporation Mr. Kim Sangogk,
who happened to be my client made a numbered time
Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at
US$12.2M(Twelve Million,two Hundred thousand United
States Dollars .

Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in
accordance with the legal policy to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month we sent a
reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers British Water Corporation that
the deceased died in the Korean Air Flight {801},
which crashed in Guam, on August 6,1997.The
incidence was on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

On further investigation, we found out that he died
without making a Will and all attempts to
trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore
made further investigations and discovered that
the deceased did not declare any next of kin or
relations in all his official documents
including his Bank Deposit paperwork .So i
decided to conduct a random search on the internet
just to locate his next of kin ,but all to no avail.

This sum of US$12.2M has been carefully moved out of
his bank to a Financial and Security Company
for safekeeping.No one will ever come forward to
claim it and according to the Law of my country,
at the expiration of 7 years the money will revert
to the ownership of the British Government, if
nobody applies to claim the fund.I and an official of
the bank has decided to work this deal with you so
be rest assured as i have an insider in the bank who
can assist an easy transferof the funds to your
nominated account.

We decided to contact you to assist me receive this
money for safe keeping and investments
before everything will be taken over by the
government as provided in section 129 sub
63(N), British Banking Edit of 1961. This
prompted us to contact you.We want to front
you as the next of kin of our late client thereby
making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of
$12.2 million U.S Dollars that is presently in a
Financial and Security Company .

I contacted you because it is against the civil
service code of ethics to own and operate foreign
accounts and your assistance would be needed to
claim the money in the Financial and Security
Company The transaction is 100% legal and totally
free of risks as all modalities has been perfected to
ensure the hitch free success of the transaction.

I have also decided that you will generously be
entitled to 30% of the total amount. Upon my
receipt of your reply confirming your willingness
to assist me of this transaction, I will immediately
arrange and transfer all the rights of ownership of
this fund to your name to facilitate your easy
clearance and transfer of the complete funds to
your country.

You have nothing to worry about, as I will be there
to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper
documentation as he died leaving all his documents
with me.
If you are interested, send all possible suggestions
and interest as soon as possible so that we can
proceed ,also send your full names ,occupation,contact
address,telephone and fax numbers Kindly respond to my
personal alternative email address :
barristerkayewilliam@excite.com
I await your urgent response.
Regards,
Barrister Kaye Williams esq

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