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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447040130642 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448700687347 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "adolph rhodes" <adolphrhodes_11@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:46:58 +0000
Subject: Re:Hello

From the desk of Adolph  Rhodes
Adolph & co.
Phone:+447040130642
FAX:+44-870-068-7347.


                                  
         Strickly confidential.



I know this proposal will come to you as a surprise especially when you  do not  know the writer,considering the huge sum of money involved  which could make anybody apprehensive.

Let me start by introducing myself to you, I am Adolph Rhodes,an attorney to the late Engr Theophilus Leo Cesar. I saw your contact  during my private search at the information centre here in London chamber of commerce and industry and I want to believe that you will be very honest, committed and capable of assisting in this business  venture.

Let me explain the source of this funds and what you are expected to do,a foreigner late Engr. Theophilus Leo Cesar, an oil merchant, untill his death some years ago,he is a victim of a Kenya airways bus (a310-300) flight kq430 plane crash. the deceased,Engr.Theopilius Leo Cesar, banked with RESERVE INTERNATIONAL BANK and has a closing  balance as a July2000 worth $4.5m  (four million five hundred thousand usd).which  bank,now expects a next-of-kin to claim as the beneficiary of the funds,efforts has been made by RESERVE INTERNATIONAL BANK Holland  to get in touch with the  Leo Cesar's family or relative but to no success as he died along with the next of kin in the plane crash.

Based on the perceived possibility of not being able to locate Engr, Theophilus's next-of-kin,the management and the board of directors  now  what the funds to be declared the funds as unclaimed and channeled to an unknown account.It is based on this that I have contacted you to stand as the  next-of-kin of late Engr Theopilous Leo Cesar so that the funds,will be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary and  the next-of-kin to the deceased.

All documents, and proof to enable you get the funds have been carefully worked out as I have secured from the different offices concerned for the smooth transfer of the fund to your nominated account. it has been agreed that the owner of the account will be compensated with 30% of the remitted funds, while we keep 65% and 5% will be set aside to offset expenses incurred during this transaction.

If this proposal satisfies you, please reach by phone or mail or phone for  more information.

Sincerely Yours,

Adolph Rhodes.

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