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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:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • garryclmn244@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: GARRY COLEMAN <garrycoleman001@att.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:35:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM Barr.Garry Coleman


Good day,
 
I saw your email ( in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid Inheritance funds that was originated from Europe, Asia Plus Middle east,Americans ) among the list of individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been located to the Barclays Bank London.Your email appeared among the Inheritance funds/contract funds has been approved already for months. You are requested to get back to me for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund.However, we received an email from SOMEONE who told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident Few weeks Ago. He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him including his International passport, we want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if you are dead or not. Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary Fund) for failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been long
overdue.KINDLY RECONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION BELOW AND GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY:
 
FULL NAME........
COUNTRY.......
COMPANIES NAME........
AGE.........
SEX.........
DIRECT TELEPHONE.........
CONTACT ADDRESS........
OCCUPATION........
 
SEND ALL REPLIES TO garryclmn244@gmail.com
 
Yours Sincerely,
Barr.Garry Coleman.

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