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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (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.
  • braincasey101@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "brian casey" <cbrian159@msn.com>
Reply-To: braincasey101@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:20:01 +0000
Subject: MR.BRIAN CASEY








Dear Friend,

First of all I want you to Know that this is not a scam mail.Because based
on what is going on all over
the internet world, people find it very difficult to believe things like
this.If you can garantee me from
your side your trust and honesty I will be able to work with you.I will
appreciate if you can come down
your self and see things for your self before we proceed and this will make
things clearer for you.

To Prove my sincerity, you are not sending any money to me. I will cover the
expenses down here before the
consignment will leave for your country.

I am Brian Casey, a barrister at law. I am the personal attorney/sole
executor to the WILL of a late
client who worked as an independent oil Business magnate in my country and
who died in a car
crash with his immediate family on the 5th of Nov 2004. Since the death of
my client in Nov, 2004,I have
written several letters to the embassy with an intent to locate any of his
extended relatives who are
beneficiaries of his abandoned Funds and all such efforts have been to no
avail.

After the transaction has been accomplished 40% will be for the person
involved, 10% for Charity work and
the remaining 50% for me. Please if you feel interested, I crave your
indulgence to please contact
me through this my email address. As I have said earlier, I want you know
that this is the present
situation now and do not take this as a scam mail, all I need is your help
and support so that we can both
carry out this project.

I have decided to contact you so that we can talk and see how we can both
put heads together and achieve
good result.


On this note, I wish to present you to the finance company, as the surviving
relative to the deceased so
that we can put in claims for payment with your name as the sole beneficiary
of the Will.

I will apprecaite if you can send me the following,

1.Your Full Names:

2.Your current Mobile telephone and fax numbers:

3.Your age:

4.Occupation:

5.Your Current address:


This will enable me file necessary documents at our High Court Probate
Division for the release of
sum of money in your favour.

I intend to invest my shares in your country under your management in any
viable business venture.

I will send you more details as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully

Brian Casey





PLEASE DO REPLY ME VIA THIS EMAIL ADDRESSS: braincasey101@yahoo.co.jp

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