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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • thomas.malcolm@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Thomas Malcolm <t.malcolm_729@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <thomas.malcolm@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:42:09 -0800
Subject: Good day



From The Desk OF:Barr.Thomas Malcolm .(Esq.)From: T.Malcolm Chambers & Advocates
Good day,
I am Barrister Thomas Malcolm personal Attorney to Ronald Lake and Joyce Lake who used to work with Frank Howard Allen Realtors. On the 31st of January 2000, my client and his wife were involved in a Plane Crash (Alaska Airlines Flight 261) all passengers unfortunately lost their lives, since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients? extended relatives but this proved unsuccessful.You can read more about there death on this website below:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
After all these several unsuccessful attempts, since it's not compulsory that the next-of-kin must be a blood relation to the deceased, hence I contacted you because you are from the same country with my late client, Be informed that a next-of-kin can be anybody, friends or organization.
Presently, the Bank where the deceased (my client) had a Deposit valued at US$21, 437, 000.00 Million issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin to my client to receive its benefit or have the account confiscated, so I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating this benefit left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank.
To this effect, I now seek your consent to present you to the Bank as the next of kin of the deceased (my Client) so that the proceeds of this Deposit valued at US$21, 437, 000.00 Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money; 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% should be given to any Orphanage Home.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me viaE-mail: thomas.malcolm@yahoo.co.uk with the below details immediately you acknowledge the good receipt of this message.
Full Name:Full Address:Telephone Number:Fax Number:Mobile Number:Private Email:Age:Occupation:Country of Origin:Sex:Marital Status:
Your prompt response is highly imperative.
Yours sincerely,Barr.Thomas Malcolm (Esq.)
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