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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • la_martin07@yahoo.com.ar (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Lawrence Martin" <pa_sm9@yahoo.com.ar>
Reply-To: la_martin08@yahoo.com.ar
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:53:48 -0300 (ART)
Subject: From Mr.Lawrence !!


Hello My Dear,

I am Mr.Lawrence Martin, the Chief Auditor, Lloyds TSB United Kingdom. On a routine inspection i discovered a dormant account with a Balance of of £15,000,000.00 {Fifteen Million Pounds Sterlings}.On Further investigation, i also discovered that the account holder Late Mr.Morris Thompson,of Alaska America who perished in Alaska plane crash airlines flight 261 with other passengers aboard.

He died leaving no beneficiary to the account, the bank will approve this money to any foreigner who have information about this account which i will give to you. because the former operator of this account is a foreigner from Alaska America and i am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody will come to claim this money again.Therefore i need your full cooperation in this transaction, i will provide all the necessary information needed in order to claim this money, but you will need to send to me information about yourself so that i will trust you for this business your full name and address including you phone number and your occupation.

I want to assure you that this transfer is 100% risk free you have nothing to worry about because i am with the account information of Late Mr.Morris which i will give to you. Finally, i promise you 25% of the total money for your corporation and assistance while 70% will be for me there after i and my family will visit your country for investement and 5% will be maped out for any expensis that might made in the procees of succeeding the transaction. If you are interested reply me with this email.{la_martin07@yahoo.com.ar}.

Best Regard's
Mr.Lawrence Martin



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