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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • byran.colemanesq1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coleman Byran" <byrancoleman@mailbox.hu>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:24:32 +0100
Subject: RESPONSE NEEDED PLEASE.


Good Day

It is my pleasure contacting you now, as I have longed to get in touch with
anybody who knew Engr.Johnson Nathan.This email is coming to you as
unofficial because of the urgency of the matter.

I am Byran Coleman Esq. A Barrister at law,a lawyer with Harry Coy Chambers
UK and a personal attorney to Engr.Johnson Nathan,who died along with his
family on Flight AF4590 which crashed shortly after take off from Charles De
Gaulle airport,outside Paris, at about 4:44 p.m. local time July
25,2000,10.44 a.m.Eastern.

http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws002/reuters044b.htm

My client made a deposit of 4 Million pounds($7.5 Million USD.)with a
Finance Company while working as an oil company contractor in the UK.He
contracted me to be his attorney less than a year before his untimely
death.Since then,there have not been any trace of claim from any person as
the fund remains dormant in his account with the Finance Company.

Ever since I have been trying to locate any his relatives to come forward
and make this claim ,but to no avail.

Right now,the deposit has exceeded its deposit time and terms without being
serviced ,the Finance Company will either liquidate the fund or it will be
converted by a top official to his private use.

Right now as i can not find the actual relatives to my client i seek your
help in the transfer of this deposit to your possession,i can not take the
money myself as i am the personal attorney and this is not possible,it will
be easier to use some one outside here just like you,thus i have contacted
you .

I have all documents concerning this transaction and will stand as your
personal attorney on this transaction, i assure you can trust me and do not
have to worry.

I do not want the money to be forfeited or liquidated by Government or the
Finance Company as it will soon be done if not claimed I expect to benefit
from the money also because i cannot let that amount get terminated and lost
just like that. I only wish to get this money transfered , we can negotiate
the terms of sharing on your agreement to
help .

If you wish to help please reply as soon as possible to show your
seriousness to help.Do consider this and get back to me through my
confidential email address which is thus: byran.colemanesq1@gmail.com

Thanks for your co-operation.

Byran Coleman Esq
Harry Coy Chambers

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