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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international court of justice"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348025622656 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • chambers_inc@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mathar p" <mathar_philips41@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mathar_philips@myway.com
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:03:27 +0000
Subject: From Mathar Philips



Dear Friend


My Name I Mathar Philips, With due respect and regards as a matter of
urgency I need your kind assistance to help me receive a large sum of money
with the aim of investing and relocating to your country.


following the declaration made by president Robert Mugabe asking we white
farmers of Zimbabwe to evacuate and surrender our farmlands /properties
generated through farming, our farmlands has been in constant invasion with
life treats in this course my husband who was the leader of United Farmers
of Zimbabwe was brutally murdered, by some yet unidentified persons while
fighting such a racial declaration against we white farmers since 2001
Through the International Court of Justice which lead to the suspension of
Zimbabwe from the Common Wealth Heads of States in March 2002 Due to this
insecure situation here I was advised to relocate to your country based on
its stable and neutral industrial ground for foreign investors, so after the
sales of some of our properties with cash withdrawal to the Sum of
USD$5,000.000,00 (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) which was moved out
unconventionally through a Finance Company to Europe, avoid the money been
traced or seized.

I only need your help to enable me fill in your name as the beneficiary of
the funds, to divert any attention or trace for the recovery of the funds If
you can Consider this transaction please contact my Lawyer with the under
listed details.

YOUR: CONTACT NAME & AADDRESS, TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS


BARRISTER: DAVID OLIVER
EMAIL: chambers_inc@myway.com
TELEPHONE: +2348025622656


Mathar Philips


Read more about on this web site

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_2478000/2478
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