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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge sum of money" (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.)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Patterson Gerald" <pattersongerald0087@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pattersonrgerald@msn.com
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:22:13 +0000
Subject: From: Patterson Gerald, Consent & Assistance Required

Richard Edward's & Co.
Solicitors and Legal Consultants
Atlantic House, 2. nd. Floor,
Tubman Boulevard, Sinkor,
Monrovia-Liberia.
Tel: 231- 6-594-219

Good Day,

I am Barrister Patterson Gerald, Principal Partner of the above firm. I have been instructed by one of my client, to search for a credible person or   company overseas for a joint business venture. My client reliably confided in me that he has a huge sum of money which he legitimately inherited from his late parents. Being a young man without any business acumen, he has mandated me to solicit for a competent person or co-operation that will manage this fund for him.

Having gone through your profile I decided to contact you, hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of this   message and indicating your interest I shall link you to my client for more details, endeavour to let me know your decision than keeping me waiting. It is important to let you know that if you help us transfer this fund to your country and clear it, you have a percentage.

If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology but if not, then contact me at immediately to indicate your interest by   giving me your telephone and fax number for easy communication.

Thanks for your kind co-operation.

Regards,

Patterson Gerald Esq.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This mail transmission is been sent by a lawyer. It contains information that is confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. There is no intent on the part of the sender to waive any privilege,including the attorney-client privilege, that may attach to this communication.

 

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