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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • mgraeme@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MacCallum Graeme" <mgraeme1@msn.com>
Reply-To: mgraeme2006@inmail24.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:57:19 +0000
Subject: Institutional Fund Services

I am Mr. Mccallum Graeme, INSTITUTIONAL FUND SERVICES,
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA,HSBC Bank PLC, London International
Branch, On resumption of duties after the Christmas and New
year celebration i discovered that one of my bank
customer,Mr. JOSHUA WANG ,an Indonesia by birth , a
consultant/contractor with the military relief Group, a
charity organization ato the United Nation( UN), was one of
the victims of the TSUNAMI disaster in the Asia World, he
has being a private resident here in London for 3 years,
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at
£6,500,000.00(Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great
British Pounds Sterling) for twelve calendar months in my
Branch.

As representative with contacts in the Middle east
/Africa,upon the
tsunami disaster in his home country of Indonesia, in which
he was on a private visit to see his sick old parents, i
have made personal contacts to his resident here in London
and through some foreign mission in Indonesia, and has
discovered that he and his entire family perished in the
said natural disaster in his local community in Indonesia.
On further investigation, it also discovered that he died
without making a WILL (En-state) and all attempts to trace
his next of kin was fruitless, it was discovered in the Late
Mr. JOSHUA WANG bank papers that the only persons stated as
his entitled next of kin is his only wife, who also died
with him in the disaster,so presently their is no persons to
declare as the next of kin to the said fund and as it stand
now , No person will ever come forward to claim it. As the
bank papers/documents have only his late wife name, since
they have no child before their sudden death.

In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and
constitution, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the
funds within certain period.Consequently, I shall present
you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to
late Mr.JOSHUA WANG so that you and I can benefit from the
fruits of this old man's labor and also donate certain
portion of the fund to all victims of the Tsunami disasters
through humanitarian Organization.

Be informed that i have in my capacity/position carefully
moved this fund into the Vault of a Security and Finance Company here
in London that have Branches all over Europe/America where this fund
can be claim.

Upon acceptance of this proposal, We shall employ the
services of a solicitor for the drafting of the LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of
Late Mr.Joshua Wang and to obtain all other relevant papers
in your name for the necessary documentation for payment
approval in my bank headquarters in your favor.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will
use my position as the senior Bank's personnel in the Institutional
fund services, Middle East and Africa, HSBC BANK PLC, to secure
pprovals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is
required. If this interests you, please reply me immediately and please
include your private phone number for voice contact and fax
number so that I can provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction better.

Awaiting your urgent reply through my only private
email: mgraeme@excite.com

Thanks.
Best regards,
McCallum Graeme

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