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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447040129558 (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.
  • wisefor_888@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Fortune Wise" <wisefor_888@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:34:16 -0700
Subject: Barr.Wise

CORNERSTONE CHAMBERS AND ATTORNEY
#25 CAMEROON HOUSE,WYNDHAM ROAD,
CAMBER WELL,S.T.50UK,
LONDON UK.
EMAIL,wisefor_888@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE,+447040129558



Dear

I am BARR.FORTUNE WISE,a legal practitioner in the UK.
We operate CORNERSTONE CHAMBERS AND ATTORNEY,I have urgent need to reach you.

I got your contact through a colleague.I need you to assist me secure fund to my LATE CLIENT.
Currently the money is deposited in FORTIS BANK LONDON.
I desire that this fund will be safe in your possession while in your country.For further highlights to this project,which is a 100% risk free venture,get back to me as soon as possible.

The fund is calculated to $15.million.

I sincerely acknowledge your understanding to this sudden contact.

Yours,
Barr.Fortune.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam