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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.
• 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.
  • attorney.michael_donovan01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Michael Donovan <michael_donovan08@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: michael_donovan02@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:05:19 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: BEQUEST NOTIFICATION


Dear Sir.

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate
of Late Engr. Martin Crawford,
I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter
was returned undelivered.
I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same
E-mail address on the "Will", I wish to notify you
that Late Engr. Martin Crawford made you a beneficiary
to his "Will", he left the sum of USD$22.5Million to
you in the codicil and last testament to his "Will",
this may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but I
have been given the task to locate you.

Being a widely traveled man (Late Engr. Martin
Crawford), he must have been in contact
with you in the past or simply you were nominated to
him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished
you good, Late Engr. Martin Crawford until his death
was a former managing director and pioneer staff of a
giant construction company.

He was a very dedicated business man who loved to give
out. His great philanthropy
earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late
Engr. Martin died on the 5th
day of February 2006 at the age of 82 years, and his
"WILL" is now ready for execution.

According to instructions left by him these funds
should be used in the support for Humanitarian/Charity
activities and to help the poor and the needy.
Please If I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get
back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude
my job, I hope to hear from you in no distant time.
Reply via my private
E-mail:attorney.michael_donovan01@yahoo.co.uk

Yours faithfuly,

ATTORNEY MICHAEL DONOVAN
Direct Line,0044 7031894701
attorney.michael_donovan01@yahoo.co.uk



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