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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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 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.
  • maxwell_mariam@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: maxwell mariam <maxwell_mariam@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 07:42:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent


My name is Maxwell Marriam, the chief auditor of National Bank of Dubai.
I am pleased to contact you with honesty for an urgent business that involves the transfer of €25 000 000(twenty five million euro) into a foreign account.
After an audit which i am in charge, an account valued at the above sum was discovered. It has not been functioning for some years back. The account bears the name of an International business man who died in a plane crash .
The bank manager and I decided to contact a confidential personality who can remit this money into a foreign account for our own good. The money is now in a security company here in Dubai (U.A.E).so I would like you to be of help to us and you will benefit from it. We have decided to give you 30% of the money for your assistance, 30% to the manager, 30% to me and 10% will be used to cover any expenses that we might incure.
I would like you to provide the following information to me so that we can start the process of money transfer into your nominated bank account. Give me the following info:
FIRST NAME:
LAST NAME:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
OFFICE ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
FAX:
YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
Once I receive the above information’s will forward it to the lawyer that will handle the process and the money will be into your account within 21days.Mind you, this is secret and you must keep it secret. And promise me that once that once the money is in your account, that you will not sit on it; That you will make way for me and my manager to come into your country for our own share of the money.
Reply fast with the needed information’s, Maxwell_mariam@yahoo.com
Waiting to hear from you,
Maxwell Mariam.

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