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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 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.
  • ricmartins@iol.pt (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard martins" <martins1r@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:17:19 +0000
Subject: Urgent Confidental Mail




Woodland Finance and Trust company Ltd.London-UK.


I am Mr Richard Martins, the Auditor General,Woodland Finance

and Trust company Ltd.London-UK
In the course of my auditing, I discovered a floating fund in

an account which was opened in 1990 belonging to a dead

foreigner Late Mr. K. P. Ong who died in 1999. Every effort

made to track any member of his family or next of kin has since

failed; hence I got in contact with you to stand as his next of

kin since you bear the same last name. He died leaving no heir

or a will.
My intention is to transfer this sum of $15.5M in the

aforementioned account to a safe account overseas. I am

therefore proposing that you quietly partner with me and

provide an account or set up a new one that will serve the

purpose of receiving this fund. For your assistance in
this venture, I am ready to part with a good percentage of the

entire funds. After going through the deceased person's records

and files, I discovered that:
(1) No one has operated this account since 1999
(2) He died without an heir; hence the money has been floating.
(3) No other person knows about this account and there was no

known beneficiary.
If I do not remit this money urgently, it would be forfeited

and subsequently converted to company's funds which will

benefit only the directors of my firm. This money can be

approved to you legally as with all the necessary documentary

approvals in your name. However, you would be required to show

some proof of claim which I will provide you with and
also guide you on how to make your applications.

Do give me a reply so that I can send you detailed information
on the modalities of my proposition. I completely trust you to

keep this
proposition absolutely confidential. Please forward to me on

acceptance of this proposal,your private telephone and fax

number including the country code and area codes, your complete

names,and private email address for effective communication.
I can be reached through my personal email address below:

ricmartins@iol.pt



Best Regards,
Richard Martins

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