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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447031871983 (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.
  • robertjohnsons01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Robert Johnson" <robertjohnson5@btconnect.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:18:00 -0000
Subject: Urgent Attention

Hi
 
I'm Robert Johnson LL.P, a Legal Practitioner in the United Kingdom and  an Attorney to Luis Da Camara, from Portugal. My Client Camara who wrote his WILL at the age of 40 has left properties and cash amounting to three million, two hundred and fifty thousand pounds (£3,250,000.00) to two people he randomly picked out of computer search from the internet. One out of the two lucky strangers to benefit from the WILL of Luis Da Camara has been identified and the amount of £1,625,000.00 has been paid by Mr. Camara's bank (Northern Rock Bank) here in England, as the WILL has directed. But the second beneficiary of the WILL named Diann Jia couldn't be identified having made the desired efforts.
 
It is in respect of the second Beneficiary who couldn't be identified that I have contacted you and would like us to work on. The WILL specified that in a situation whereby any or both Beneficiaries is/are not alive at the time of the execution of the WILL, the proceeds/benefit
should be disbursed to his/her next of kin.  And whereby none of the heirs to the Beneficiaries is unable to respond to claim the benefits, it should be turned over to the Government as the law demands.
 
In the face of the present circumstances, I have decided to present you as heir to the beneficiary who couldn't be identified after several contacts and efforts rather than allowing the bank turn over the funds to the Government. If there is good understanding between us, you will be receiving an amount of £1,625,000 from Mr. Camara's bank, which will be disbursed between us 50/50. As per legitimacy, it is 100% legitimate and that is not a problem. Sorry, that i have been very busy that was why i asked my secretary to forward this letter you, Kindly review this letter and let me know your comments.
 
Thanking you for expected co-operation while I wait for your response.
 
Yours Faithfully,
Barr. Robert Johnson

Principal partner, Primer Chambers & Solicitors
121, Elvaston Place London SW7 5NW
Please contact me directly only on my Private Email; robertjohnsons01@yahoo.fr
Tel: + 44 7031871983
Fax: + 44 8701374615

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