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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:
  • "huge amount 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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• 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.
• 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.
  • +447031842132 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • wrightkarlaust@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • wrightaustk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?KARL=20WRIGHT?= <wrightkarlaust@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: wrightaustk@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:01:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: wrightkarlaust@yahoo.es

From; Austen & Overy.(LLP)

- From; Austen & Overy. (LLP) Austen & Overy. (LLP) Private Consultants. One New Change London EC4M9QQ. England. Email: (wrightaustk@yahoo.co.uk) Tel numbers ; +447031842132 Attention CEO, I am Austen Karlwright, a private consultant for very eminent personnels in the Africa and Middle East region. These personnels have appointed me to source on their behalf a credible foreigner with whom they can jointly entrust a reasonable amount of money, which will be chanelled into a highly lucrative business venture. They have $100 million (One Hundred million United States dollars) transferred to Europe.They request strict confidentiality due to their public nature, they prefer to be anonymous hence I have been given the mandate to source for some one of high business experience with very good reputation. This is the proposal in summary: 1. My client (s) are top politicians/government officials in the Africa and Middle East region they want the funds to be invested through a well-established businessman abroad who can front for them without disclosing their true identity. 2. All that is required is your willingness to invest this money for them in a highly lucrative business venture under strict profit . 3. A power of attorney will be given to you to manage these funds on their behalf. 4. You will be awarded as compensation a certain percentage from the proceeds of the investment, which is still negotiable If you are interested, and you have the capacity to handle such huge amount of money kindly indicate by replying this mail so that we may proceed by reaching a valid agreement that will be binding to all the parties to this transaction. Respectfully, Austen Karlwright

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