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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:
  • "barrister" (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.
  
• 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.
  • aid-234@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AIDAN WALSH SOLICITORS" <aid_234@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: aid-234@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 15:57:04 +0100
Subject: Will Notification

MANAGING PARTNER

AIDAN WALSH SOLICITORS
LONDON - UK.


NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Jürgen Krügger;

I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned

undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address

on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Engr. Jürgen Krügger made you a

beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Five Million One Hundred

Thousand Dollars (USD$5,100.000.00 ) to you in the codicil and last

testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true.

Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in the

past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends

abroad who wished you good. Engr. Jürgen Krügger until his death was a

member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic &

Electrical Engineers. He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give

out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time.

Late Engr. Jürgen Krügger died on the 13th day of December, 2004 at the age

of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution.

According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and

to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you as I am

hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me

conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time.
Please you can reach me via my e-mail: aid-234@hotmail.com

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER AIDAN WALSH ESQ.

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