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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:
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "chambers" (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.
  • barr_martinatuk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Martin Rodger <barr_martin010@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:46:56 -0600
Subject: YOUR DEAD RELATIVE...



Good day!
My name is Martin Rodger. I am a solicitor with Falcon Chambers of EC4Y 1AAFalcon Court London, UK and personal attorney to Engr. Lukman ( thePresident Trans field Worley Company ) who died with his family in the July,2000 Air France crash.
For your confirmations visit :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Although my client left no record of any next of kin but I have madeseveral inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives which hadproved unsuccessful.As a matter of fact, he had a fixed time deposit of £1,700,000.00 ( onemillion and seven hundred pounds sterling )with a finance house in UnitedKingdom and stocks worth £3,257,000.00 (with unclaimed dividends) beingmanaged by his stockbrokers.

Consequently, the Finance house has issued me a notice to provide my clientnext of kin or have the fund liquidated within a short time. Based on myunsuccessful search for his relatives for the past six years now and for thefact that you bear the same last name with my late client, I therefore seekyour consent to present you as the next of kin/inheritor to my deceasedclient, so that the money will be transferred to your account for us to shareupon approval.As his personal Attorney I have all the legal documents and all it takes toback-up this claims and to convincingly present you to the bank as the nextof kin to my late client without trouble.
All I require is your honest cooperation. I guarantee that this will beexecuted under a legitimate arrangement. And no government involvement atall.
For more information about me please visit the chambers’ Website;
http://www.falcon-chambers.co.uk/members/member.cfm?id=165

I am looking forward to hearing from you.
My private email is barr_martinatuk@yahoo.co.uk
Regards,Martin Rodger,QC

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