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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "IT ASSOCIATES" <it.associates5@mail.mn>
Reply-To: itoro@uymail.com
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 13:14:41 -0700
Subject: Good Day,,


Compliment of the Day,

Please, kindly take your time to understand the content of this email.I wish
to introduce you to a project that would be of immense benefit to both of
us. Being an executor of wills, it is possible that we may be tempted to
make fortune out of our client's situations, when we cannot help it, or
left with no better option.

The issue I am presenting to you is a case of my client who willed a
fortune to his next-of-kin. It was most unfortunate that he and his
next-of-kin died on the same day in an auto-crash.I am now faced with
indecision about who to pass the fortune to.However, I don't belong to that
school of thought which proposes that the fortune of unlucky people be given
to the government.

I therefore seek for your assistance in presenting you as next of Kin to the
deceased.Please give your response to this email via return email.I will
reveal other details upon your response to this email and as soon as we
establish correspondence.

Reward is negotiable.

Yours in Service
Barrister Innocent Toro
(Attorney at Law)

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