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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 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.
  • mrmarshaledwardss@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR MARSHAL EDWARDS <mrmarshaledwardss@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 02:08:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: MY PROPOSAL TO YOU


>From Barrister
Edwards Chamber
London
Private email:
mrmarshaledwardss@yahoo.es
I am Bar.marshal edwards,attorney to Late paulton Allen a foreigner and an
Engineer with Atlas Engineering Co.
Late paulton Allen has an account with Banque.Natwest Bank,UK,which he opened in 1980.He died in 1996 in Berlin,Germany,I received a memo early this year from the international remittance department of (Natwest Bank) for an interview about $45M USD that belongs to my client Late Paulton Allen,theBank informed me on their policy to freeze the account of Late mr. Paulton Allen, I was asked to redirect the ($45m usd) back to government treasury because they saw no next of kin in his entire file with in the bank and his account has been dormant for years which is against the policy of the Natwest Bank.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account as the foreign beneficiary to that fund.
I have resolved to share the money in this ratio.50% for me,35% for you,10% for the remittance manager in the bank who has agreed to guide us for the success of our objectives and 5% for expences we might incure in the processing of this transaction.
I will need your full name,address and your bank account informations where the funds will be processed into.
Also required of you is your house address, office, fax and cell phone numbers for easy communication.
I will start processing of all legal documents to back up our claim on receipt of all the required information from you which was given above.
I will give you further details on the entire process when I receive your positive response.
Regards
Bar.marshal edwards,Esq








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