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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:
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "PUAL J. COLE" <barristerpualjcole@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 16:46:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: NEXT OF KIN BENEFICIARY


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Attn My Good Friend
I am Barrister PUAL J. COLE (Esq). I have a client Mr. Mark who bears the same last name with you, and a national of your Country who used to work with Mekon Associates Company in London . On the 2nd of August 2003, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Manchester Express Road Londom . All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's extended elatives, this proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence! I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they got confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance House where the huge $20M depositeded and we can share the money, 50% to me and 50% to you
Thanks
Barr PUAL J. COLE

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