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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • powellhands@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barrister powell hands" <powellhands2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerpowellhands@myway.com
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:24:05 +0100
Subject: Dear friend

Dear friend,

I decided to contact you and reach agreement with you to transfer the
sum
of (US$9,350,000.00 Million, Dollars Only) to your account, you are
going
to apply as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary/Survivor to LATE MR.KEN HORNE,
so
his funds can be released into your account as I have resolved after a
long fruitless effort to contact his relatives.

I shed tears seeing how the fruit of his hard Labour is being Lost in
the
hands of the Operation Manager, who loans out money from his account
and
making profits and my bank's negligence to protect this account.

I want you as a matter of urgency to co-operate with me, so that I
shall
send you the account information from his account file and you shall
contact the bank for the release of the funds and get his account
paid
to you as his sole eneficiary/Next of Kin.
I will immediately send you the text of Next of Kin application letter
as
soon as I secure our co-operation. I will provide you with every other
information needed for this transaction, upon your positive
response.LATE MR.KEN HORNE was a Las Vegas chess organizer; he died on
a
Airplane Crash 20th August 1999. For more about his death visit this
website:http://www.ishipress.com/horne.htm

I shall be expecting your Urgent Co-operation immediately, and would
assume you are not interested if you don't respond urgently. Send your
Phone Number for our easy communication, which is very paramount, and
your Fax Number.Bye for now, until I hear from you.
please all your replies should be directed to :powellhands@sify.com
Best regards

Barrister Powell Hands

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