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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.
• 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.
  • +447040131142 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704781782 (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.
  • private4file@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr David Shearer" <private4file@alexandria.cc>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:15:41 +0300
Subject: LETTER FROM MR SHEARER KINDLY REPLY ME.


Mr.David Shearer Chief Executive,
Private Limited Banking Services of
Bank of Scotland HBSOC Plc.Bank Of
Scotland Plc. P.O.Box.19,Bank Of
Scotland House,The Mound Edinburgh
Eh1 1Yz United Kingdom.
Web Site www.hbosplc.com
PERSONAL CONTACT.
private4file@yahoo.co.uk
TEL-+44-704-0131142
FAX-+44-870-4781782.

Dear partner,
In Confidence,After reading about you,I found it interesting and i decided to
contact you for a business transaction.So be kind to contact me at your earliest
convenient time, for a possible business deal involving money transfer of £75.5
Million. I am presently the Chief Executive of HBSOC Plc, located at the Isle Of
Man.

With your sincere assistant and co-operation,I have determined to work this deal
out if we can do business. As at this moment,I am constrained to issue more
details about this business until your response is received.

If you are not familiar with the above information, please take a moment of your
very busy schedules to read about it and send your response to my email address.
This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.
Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest regards,
Mr.David Shearer.

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