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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "you will be given 30%" (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 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.
  • +447024098699 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • drdonaldbrown002@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NANCY BROOKS" <mrsnancybrooks005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drdonaldbrown002@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:03:18 -0500
Subject: PLEASE REPLY URGENT.

MRS NANCY BROOKS
NATWEST BANK UK pls reply to.(
drdonaldbrown002@yahoo.co.uk)
The Financial Ombudsmen Service
South Quay Plaza
183 Marshal Wall
London
E14 9SR
Dear Friend,
In order to transfer out (USD 12.6 M) Twelve million Six Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) from National Westminster Bank uk. I have
the
courage to ask you if you are capable,reliable and honest to assist us
with this important business believing that you will never let me down
either now or in future.
I am Mrs. Nancy Brooks, the Chief Auditor of National Westminster Bank
Uk(NATWEST BANK). There is an account opened in this bank in 1998 and
since then nobody has operated on this account again.
After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if
I do not remit this money out urgently,it would be forfeited for
nothing. The owner of this account is Mr.Smith B.Andreas,a foreigner,and a
miner at kruger gold co., a geologist by profession,and he died since
1998.He opened a non-residential U.S dollar bank account.Since then no
other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that this company does not know anything about this account and the
amount involved is (USD 12.6M) Twelve Million, six Hundred United States
Dollars million dollars. I want to first transfer US$6,000,000:00 Six
million United States Dollars from this money into a safe foreigners
account abroad before the rest is transfered,but I don't have any foreign
partner.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to any other person other than the next of kin to Mr Smith
B.Andreas.I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we do
not know ourselves before now,We will then sign an agreement,but be sure
that it is real and a genuine business transaction.
I only got your contact address from International Business
Directory,with believe in God that you will never let me down in this
proposed
business.You are the only person that I have contacted in this regard, so
please reply urgently so that I will inform you of the next step to
take immediately.
Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full
details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face
to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can
receive this money into any reliable account of your choice where the
fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal,sharing
and other investments oppourtunities as well.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with
foreign account and foreign beneficiary.I need your full co-operation to
make this work, because the management is ready to approve this payment
to any foreigner who has correct information of this account which I
will provide to you later.
Furthermore,with my position now in the office I can transfer this
money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with
assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your
country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place. You can
also
come to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this
remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country at least
two days ahead of the money going into the account.
I will apply for annual leave immediately I hear from you that you are
ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my
position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the
ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount,65% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the course of this transaction.
Lastly,if you are intrested in assisting us in this transaction,kindly
respond to my principal partner Dr.Donald Duke at
(drdonaldbrown002@yahoo.co.uk) Telephone number( +447024098699).
I look forward to your earliest reply

Mrs.Nancy Brooks

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