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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • andrewsteev@yahoo.no (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Andrew Stephen" <sender_andrew@yahoo.no>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:16:44 -0800
Subject: ASSISTANCE FOR A CHARITY PROJECT

I am Barr. Andrew Stephens, an attorney at law. A deceased client of mine,
by name Mr.Robert Stephen, who herein after shall be referred to as my
client, died as the result of Tsunami incident in Indonesia. I am
contacting you to help assist me in ensuring that the funds of about
$2.5Million lodged by my client with his Financial and Security Firm is not
decleared unclaimed hence my reason for contacting you.This Financial Firm
has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be
confiscated. My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as
the next-of-kin hence the original next of kin of my late client also had
died along side with him on that faithful morning, my effort to get him a
next of kin has since been proving difficult. no relatives or friends could
be traced for the claim of the said fund, As the beneficiary you will have
all acess to make claim of the funds,Then we shall discuss how we use the
fund to help the needy mostly for Charity programe.
We plan on giving help to earthquake victims in countrys like India,
Pakistan or any other country afflicted with a natural cause disaster.

All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will
be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through.This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this proposition
offends your moral values,do accept my apology,and ignore this mail.

However if you are willing to assist me in this cause i will establish a
verbal telephone communication with you and bring you into a much better
picture of the situation. The benefit of 25% of this fund will be yours for
your utmost effort and support for the completion of this transaction, do
not hesistate to contact me at your convenience time.

Reply Your E-mail To This address: andrewsteev@yahoo.no

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