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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:
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • kelvinwall@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister.Kelvin Wallance" <tbrown_office@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: kelvinwall@sify.com
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:22:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Yours truely,


FROM: Kelvin Wallace
K.O.WALLACE & CO.
25, Westgate, Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire, NG18 1RX UK
Private Email: kelvinwall@sify.com

Attn Sir/Madam

It is with a Heavy Heart that I am reaching you regarding the death of my late client.I am Kelvin Wallace,the legal adviser to late MR. MIKE & CAROL HALL, a very Wealthy Couple that lived here in the United Kingdom,before their recent Death on the 26th of December during the Tsunami disaster in the year (2004).Below is the webpage of the
deceased.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4153821.stm

This couple Mr.Mike & Carol Hall before the incident,deposited a box with a security company that contains,as a matter of fact the sum of US$12,000,000.00, (TWELVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) which the security company is ignorant of the original content of the box.They did not want the management of the Security Company to know the content of the consignment;therefore they registered the content of the consignments as Gold Bars. Now, the security company believes that what they deposited
with them were Gold Bars.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of late.Mr.Mike & Carol Hall,hence I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased.I will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure that the claiming is successfully concluded. For your assistance to work with me,i want you to let me know how much percentage we shallshare the money as soon as the claim is successfull.

I will have to put the necessary legal documents that can be used to backup any claim we make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable this deal go through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Surely, you must have some questions or may be you just need further clarification. I will be happy to receive your mail,this will enable me explain further what the next step is and the general plan. I will also need your most confidential telephone number,if you have a mobile phone I believe it will help so that i can reach you anytime.write me through my email: kelvinwall@sify.com

I hope for your urgent response.

Yours truely,
Kelvin Wallce Esq


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