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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447040106683 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "mark johnson" <mark001a@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lari1000a@yahoo.pl
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:41:01 -0700
Subject: From Mark

Hello
I am Bar. Mark Johnson. Attorney to Late Mr. James Williams a foreignerand
an Engineer with Renold construction company (RCC). Late James Williams has
an account with a Bank here, which he opened in 2003.
He died here in Uk 2004,I received a memo early this year from the Bank
remittance department for an interview about $14M USD that belongs to my
client Late Mr. James Williams, the bank informed me on their policy to
freeze the account of Late Mr.
James Williams, I was asked to redirect the ($14m usd) back to government
treasury because they saw no next of kin in
his entire file within the bank and his account has been dormant for years
which is against the policy of the Bank.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner 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 expenses we might incure in the
processing of this transaction. I will need your full name and address
including telephone and fax number for the internal processing of the
fund. I will start the internal processing of the required 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. Call me with this number +44-704-0106683
Regards
Bar. Mark Johnson Esq

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