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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "transaction is 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 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.
  • +447024024524 (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.
  • bmffatt1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BRIAN MOFFAT <bamfatt19@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <bmffatt1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:21:55 +0000
Subject: Head of Investigation Department



Head of Investigation DepartmentHSBC Holdings plc8 Canada SquareLondon E14 5HQTel: +447024024524Private Email:bmffatt1@yahoo.co.uk Dear Sir/Madam, I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the next of kin/will beneficiary to Mr Andreas Schranner a German property magnate who died with his family in a plane crash on July 25th 2000. They perished in the air France Concorde New York bound flight; please click below for verification. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm Before his death, he was also a contractor to British National Petroleum Co-operation (BNPC) and has a bank balance with my bank to the tune of (30 million pounds sterling GB) which will be paid to you as his Next Of Kin/Beneficiary.For your information I am the Head of Investigation Department with HSBC Bank Plc London.The board of directors of the latter which I am also a member, mandated me to look for any relation to Mr. Andreas Schranner to claim his fund which is in a suspense account in our bank. However, all my effort to locate any of his relatives was abortive. That is why I am writing you this mail to ask for your co-operation to claim this money for our mutual benefits since nobody will come for it. If not claimed, it will be forfeited to the government.I only need to approve your application for claim as the next of kin and the fund will be paid to you as the beneficiary. We are to share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% for charity and the tsunami victims if you accept to collaborate with me to make this claim. Contact me for procedures of the transaction. Please forward to me through this your full name,address,phone number,your company name and address (if any). Note that this transaction is risk free. I will commence immediately to secure all legal documents in your favour on your reply to this message. I await your favorable reply. Yours Sincerely,Mr.Brian Moffat.Email: bmffatt1@yahoo.co.ukTel: +447024024524
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