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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:
  • ",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)
  • "barrister" (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 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.
  • +447045724610 (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.
  • @yahoo.co.uk
  • barristproctor@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Legal Practitioner" <michaelproctor103@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barristproctor1955@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:38:36 +0100
Subject: IN TRUST. MEET YOU IN GOOD FAITH.


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HP25NT. LONDON
4 JUPITER DRIVE HIGHFILD
PHONE +44 704 572 4610


GOOD DAY,


I am Barrister Michael Proctor , personal attorney to Ronald Lake and Joyce
Lake who use to work with Frank Howard Allen Realtors. On the 31st of
January 2000 , my client and his wife were involved in a Plane Crash (Alaska
Airlines Flight 261) all passengers unfortunately lost their lives, since
then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended
relatives but this proved unsuccessful. You can read more about there death
on this website below:


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*archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list*<http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list>



After all these several unsuccessful attempts, since it's not compulsory
that the next-of-kin must be a blood relation to the deceased, hence I
contacted you because you are from the same country with my late client, I
am ready to place you as thebeneficiary/next of kin.

Presently, the bank where the deceased (my client) made the deposit valued
at 13,000,000.00 Million issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin to my
client to receive its benefit or have the account confiscated, or declared
unserviceable by the bank.



To this effect, I now seek your consent to present you to the bank (
European Investment Bank) as the next of kin of the deceased (my late
client) So that you and I can share the 13,000,000.00 Million; 50% to me and
40% to you, while 10% should be given to any Orphanage Home. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me via

E-mail : barristproctor1955*@yahoo.co.uk*<http://mail.google.com/mc/compose?to=barristproctor@yahoo.co.uk>,
with the below details immediately you acknowledge the good receipt of
this message.
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Full Name,
Full Address,
Telephone/Fax Number,
Age/sex,
Occupation and Country of Origin.



I wait for the above information to enable me commence action on the
processing of the Claim/Transfer of the Fund to your account by the Barclays
Bank London.

Yours sincerely,
Barrister Michael Proctor (Esq.)


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