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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (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.
  • richarduke56@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Richard duke <ricd-1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <richarduke56@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:22:41 -0600
Subject: GOOD DAY


From: Barr. Richard Duke Richard Duke Chambers Solicitors & Advocators. E-mail: richarduke56@yahoo.co.uk
GOOD DAY, I am Barrister Richard Duke, an Advocator and Legal Practitioner. I will give you my contact information and other important information if I receive a positive reply from you. For security reasons, I cannot disclose my full identity to you now until I am sure of your co-operation. I work as an Attorney and Solicitor to numerous Clients. One of the Client whom I worked as his personal Attorney was a wealthy diamond merchant from Belgium. He lost his family in an ethnic war. He was lucky to escape alive and came to this country with his wealth intact. But unfortunately, this said man died last year after a brief illness.Because this man was very distinguished and selfless when he was alive, and due to the duty reposed on me as his personal Attorney, I took it upon myself to travel to his country last month, to see if I could locate any of his close relations. On reaching their, I discovered that his only surviving uncle who supposed to stand as the Beneficiary of my late client’s assets had also died. I sponsored this trip on my own, all to locate his relation.
Just recently, the Bank where the deceased (my client) had a Deposit valued at USD$17, 000, 000.00 Million issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin to my client who will receive its benefits or have the Account confiscated. Now there are two things I could do with regards to the deceased's money. First, as his Personal Attorney, I could formally notify the bank authority that the man is dead and none of his relations is coming up to claim the fund. In this case the money would be forfeited to the Government after some times. As a matter of fact this is the proper thing I am supposed to do.
Another thing I can do is to seek for someone else, a foreigner, to act as the next of kin of the late man so that he will claim the money. This is the option that I can do to help anybody and I since the money actually is public fund due to the fact that the deceased was a close friend to the late brutal military president that looted the Belgium Government treasury, and that is why I have chosen to do it. I have contacted you to seek your partnership in this option. All you have to do is act as the Next-Of-Kin to the deceased and this fund will be transferred to your Bank Account. As the Personal Attorney to the deceased, I am armed with all the necessary documents that are required to put claim to this fund. After we successfully conclude this transaction, your share in percentage will be 40% of the total amount; while I will receive 50%. We shall offer the remaining 10%, to any Orphanage home.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me via E-mail: richarduke56@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:
Upon your acceptance, I will send to you a claim application that you will send to the Bank as the true Beneficiary of this fund.Your prompt response is highly imperative.Yours sincerely, Barr. Richard Duke (Esq).
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