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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "is highly confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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.
  • +447031843174 (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.
  • roberttcauley01@yahoo.co.kr

Fraud email example:

From: =?euc-kr?q?Bankbarclays=20Bank?= <roberttcauley01@yahoo.co.kr>
Reply-To: robertmacauley@she.com
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:17:30 +0900 (KST)
Subject: From: Barclays Bank London Plc.


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From: Barclays Bank London Plc.

- ROBERT McCAULEY..Barclays Bank PLC..Registered No: 1026167..Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place,.London, E14 5HP..PHONE: +44 703 184 3174..Alternative Mail: robertt@satellite-email.com)Dearest,Please permit me to make your acquaintance in an informal manner. This is necessitated by my urgent need to reach a dependable and trustworthy foreign partner.This request may seem strange and unsolicited but I will crave your indulgence and pray that you view it seriously.I am a member of staff of Barclays Bank Plc here in London.I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of imense benefit to both of us though I know that you are already made. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $11.8 million United states dollars (Eleven million, Eight Hundred Thousand United states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers, Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this websites.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because the Bankcannot release the funds unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or a relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund to claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this department now decided to do business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safe keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this moneyto go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill. We agreed that 20% of this moneywill be for you as the supposed next of kin, while 5% out of the total sum is set aside for any expenses both party will incur during the completion of the transfer, and remaining balance of 75% will be for me and my colleagues. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account in any safe you will prefer. Please be honest with me and trust should be our watchword in this transaction.Note that this transaction is highly confidential and 100% risk free.On receipt of this mail, please contact me by return mail if you are willing to enter into this deal with me. In the event you are not interested, I sincerely ask that you disregard this email and tell no one about it. I am very careful not to truncate my banking career should you mention this to someone else that might blow the lid. I hope you can be trusted in this regard as I am fully aware that you are an international figure hence this approach.Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do receive your positive response.Please in your response include your direct secured telephone/fax numbers if possible include your bank account you intend to recieve the fund..Best regards,,,Robert McCauley

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