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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • rolfelars@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rolfe Larson" <rolfelarshelpdesk@gawab.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: rolfelars@katamail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:29:54 +0000
Subject: HELLO


From the Desk of Rolfe Larson, Barclays Bank,
Northumberland Branch UK.
Dear Friend,
Please accept my unsolicited mail to you .Firstly,let me introduce myself to you, am Mr. Rolfe Larson,
the Branch manager of Barclays bank Northumberland UK.I must solicit your Confidence in this
transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as been utterly confidential and top secret. But I am assuring
you that all will be well at the end of the day, I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of
this transaction, as I wish to rely on your discreteness and ability in the transaction of this nature.


I came to know you in my Private Search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential
Transaction. I am 44years of age and married with 2 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a
man of PEACE and INTERGRITY; I only hope we can assist each other.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, and am contacting you to assist me
in securing a deposit of USD 2.9 Million left behind by a late client in my branch before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the management of my bank.

The depositor of the fund Mr. Mohamed Nabil Ihab died on Egypt Air Flight 990 on Oct. 31, 1999. All
occupants of the Egypt Air Flight 990 unfortunately lost there lives.For further enquiry view the web-site
for more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary. As an
officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, this is why I’m contacting you for us to
work so that you can assist and receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. The sharing
of the fund is thus: 40% for you 50% for me and the remaining 10% for any Tax or Vat expenses incurred in
this transaction. Note that there are practically no risks involved in this transaction as it is 100% risk free
and legally bonded, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original
depositor of this fund who made the deposit with Northumberland Branch so that my Head office in London
can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept this offer to work with me, If you find this proposal suitable for you do furnish me with the following
information. Your full Names and Contact Address, Your private telephone Number Your Age Your Occupation
and Position. I will appreciate it very much, If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage
of the trust I have bestowed on you, and I assure you we can achieve it successfully.
You can also reach me on my alternative email:rolfelars@katamail.com

Best regards,
Mr. Rolfe Larson .

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