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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 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.
  • fredbrown@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:12:06 +0000
Subject: DEAR TRUSTEE(fredbrown@rediffmail.com)




Hello,
It is a pleasure meeting you at last for i have waited for this golden moment. I am Barr. Fredrick Brown of the (FREDRICKS CHAMBERS IN LONDON) Six months ago, my late client died in a fatal accident and was buried at the state cemetery . My late client has an account in a bank in Europe with a credit balance of TEN million, six hundred thousand dollars ($10.600, 000), which has been dormant for a very long time.
All efforts to contact the named beneficiary to late Sir Gaer's estate, with the supplied
information proved futile. My good friend, I am contacting you because i want you to claim this money with me as the new next of kin and also i have the necessary information that would enable us to this claim.
Please kindly send me your full name; your address, and your telephone number, fax number to enable us know which other step to take towards the claim of this money.Contact me through my private email account(fredbrown@rediffmail.com)
THANKS
FREDRICK BROWN ESQ

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