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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024018455 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • barr_woodgateallan@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Barr.Woodgate=20Allan?=" <barr_woodgateallan@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 09:11:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT CONTACT.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: barr_woodgateallan@yahoo.co.uk

Goodday Sir/Madam.



It is my pleasure contacting you now, as I have longed to get in touch with anybody who knew Mr.Hafeez Al Sadique ,I am Barrister Woodgate Allan A United Kingdom citizen and the personal attorney to Hafeez Al Sadique,+447024018455, who died along with his family on the 01 FEB 2002 in a plane crash, the aircraft name is Hawker Saddled HS-748-353 Srs.2A.This crash happened in Tambacounda (Senegal) in Africa, and the registration number of the Aircraft is 6AV-AEO. My client had deposited about Ten million Five hundred US.Dollars (10.5M Us Dollars) at a Bank in London, while working As a crudeoil merchant in United Kingdom. Since then, there had not been any trace of claim from any person as the fund remains dormant in his account with the security company.



Although, I kept this information secret within my jurisdiction to enable me put claims and transfer the said amount through a trustworthy friend overseas whom I shall present to the bank as the bonfide next-of-kin to the deceased for a Profitable and successful project. Ever since I have been trying to locate the next of kin or any of the relatives to come forward and make this Claim, but to no avail. Please, if you are related to my client in any way or you know my client's actual relatives, re-contact me, so that I can link them up to make the claim. But if you cannot contact them, you can come up and make the claim, because I do not want the money to be forfeited, as I expect to benefit from the Money also. Do consider this and get back to me. Thanks for your co-operation.



Sincerely.

Barr.Woodgate Allan (Esq)



- Barr.Woodgate Allan

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