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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:
  • "here in london united kingdom" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • "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.
  • barrister_harryforeman@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HARRY FOREMAN <harryforeman13@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:36:15 -0600
Subject: Enquiry For Next of kin to Late Mr..



Barrister Harry ChamberTele:44-7045735973Address:109 Great russell streetLondon Wc1 B3nn United KindomEmail:barrister_harryforeman@yahoo.de

Dear:Sir/Madam.

This mail is being sent to you with best of intentions and for ourmutual benefit.

I am Mr.Harry Foreman a Queen's councel(QC) of london United Kindomand I am the the personal attorney to late Mr Dahlig, Mitchellwho was anoil merchant and oil service contractor in richest ashland oil petroleumdevelopment company here in London United Kingdom.

who lost his life in an air crash involving a Korean Airline Boeing747-300 Flight number 801 on August 5, 1997 in which 227 passengers outof 231 including crew lost their lives during one of his business tripsto Korea.you can verify this accident in following the.website;http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/korean.crash/.Before the sudden death of late Mr Dahlig, Mitchell, in the ill-fatedairplane,he opened a {GBP} account with one back here into which hedeposited SEVEN MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING with no indication ofhis next of kins.Following this unfortunate incident,I was instructedby the bank to locate his family who is surposed to stand as the next ofkin to late Mr Dahlig, Mitchell used to visit his bank with me as hisattorney to recommend his next of kin for the payment of the SEVENMILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING {GBP} on or before 12:Noon onthis date 10/11/2007, standing to the credit of late late Mr Dahlig,Mitchell.

All efforts I have made so far to locate any member of the family wasunsuccessful so that is why I want you to Re-present as next of kin tothe deceased since he never introduced any body nor wrote his will infavour of any bodies name before the accident.

The purpose of contacting you is to present yourself as the next of kinto our late Client and claim out the money for sharing betweenyou,myself for recommending and presenting you as his next of kin.
I will jointly work together with the bank to see that the money ispaid to you because if no one comes forward to claim the money withinn thenext 3 months,the bank will confiscate it and convert it to its ownuse.

Contact me through my private E-mail:barrister_harryforeman@yahoo.de
If you are interested,contact me by return mail as I shall give you details of how we will proceed including terms of sharing the money.

Have a blessed day.Yours faithfully,Barrister Harry Foreman


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