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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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • barleorodrigues@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Leo Rodrigues <barleorodrigues@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:18:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent reply



FROM THE DESK OF:

BARR. LEO RODRIGUES,
(attorney at law)

email: barleorodrigues@yahoo.com.

TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.

Hello

I am Barr.LEO RODRIGUES. Attorney to Late Mr. WONG LEE a foreigner and an Engineer with Renold construction company (RCC). Late WONG LEE has an account with a Bank here, which he opened in 2003. and died here in 2004,I received a memo early this year from the Bank
remittance department for an interview about $25.5M USD that belongs to my client Late Mr. WONG LEE , the bank informed me on their policy to freeze the account of Late Mr.WONG LEE , I was asked to redirect the ($25.5m 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.

Waiting for your reply via my private email;barleorodrigues@yahoo.com

BEST REGARD.

BAR.LEO RODRIGUES.


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