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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:
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447045707089 (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.
  • bwbcontact07@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bates Wells & Braithwaite" <WEB@LOAN.CO.UK>
Reply-To: bwbcontact07@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:14:32 GMT
Subject: Do you want a secured loans lender that makes life easier?



Do you want a secured loans lender that makes life easier?
This is aimed as a consumer credit advertisement governed by
the
Consumer Credit Act and a financial promotion governed by
the Financial
Service Authority conduct of business rules and so should
be read as such.

Bates Wells & Braithwaite are solicitors in England and
Wales with
corporate Headquarters located at 2-6 Cannon Street
,London EC4M 6YH.
Bates Wells & Braithwaite (BWB) is a commercial law firm
with an
experienced team of professionals with broad experience in
Loan Procurementand outsourcing, business case
development,contract development and negotiation.As one of
the largest secured loan packaging centres in the UK,
BWB aims to provide all of her customers unrivalled services
which
together with the best products and unbeatable commission
scales make us
the envy of the industry. Over the last 3 years we have
generated and
delivered over Nine Hundred and Ten Million British Pounds
Sterling in
Loans, the bulk of which has been in the UK, but more
recently we have
started to disburse business Loans to Countries outside the
UK
particularly in English-speaking countries

Finance offered is subject to the following

•Loans available from £7,500 ($15,000USD)
•Funds can be with our client within 3 days
•Terms from 48-300 months
•Peace of mind with varying levels of Payment
Protection Insurance
available
•Loan To Value Ratio up to 90%
•Defaults considered even if you have been refused
elsewhere

Contact Us
2-6 Cannon Street
London EC4M 6YH
DX 42609 U.K
Email :bwbcontact07@gmail.com
Tel: +447045707089
Stephen Lloyd
Senior Partner

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam