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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:
  • "barr." (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Fernando Gomez" <ep2018@ep2001.biz>
Reply-To: ferzemog@yahoo.com
Date: 1 Jul 2009 09:20:45 -0700
Subject: Re: Good day

Dear,   

 

My name is Barr. Fernando Gomez

 

I am writing to notify you of the unclaimed inheritance deposit of my Late client, Mr. Kamochkin Sergey, who passed to the Great beyond on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 in the Siberia Airlines Tu-154 Crash.
 
You should browse through the link below to view more information about the Passengers and the incident:  http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=54591 ).

 

I got your contact address through a web search engine in my quest to get a reliable party who shall work with me to claim a deposit made by my Deceased client with a financial institution in Spain, since all my efforts to get the biological relative has proved abortive.  
 
Please revert back to me urgently with your telephone and fax numbers for more information on the amount of inheritance, procedure and legality of this claim via this email address.
 
Thanks.
 
Regards,
Barr. Fernando Gomez.
(Attorney At Law)

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