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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • +447245760756

Fraud email example:

From: "eudora st agnes pepple" <eudorastagnespepple@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rev_georgefranklin@mailpersonal.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:09:22 -0700
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION.


*From: VERY REV. GEORGE FRANKLIN*

*Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION.*

*Dear Sir ,*


*This is a top secret and I will like you to keep it. My name is VERY REV.
GEORGE FRANKLIN I worked and retired from HSBC BANK LONDON Plc,as the a
DIRECTOR here in London. The story I am about telling you is part of my
personal resolution.*

*Many years ago, the former president of Indonesia Mohamed Haji Suharto
siphoned a lot of cash which was transferred to banks and Security companies
round the world. This he achieved through compulsory charitable donations
and Tax he imposed on banks and companies to the dozens of foundations
overseen by him, known as Yayasans. The charitable foundations were only the
tip of the KKN iceberg. In order to exploit Indonesia's natural resources,
companies had to enlist the aid of a Suharto crony usually one of his
children in order to get through the bureaucratic red tape. In return, the
cronies expected an equity stake in the enterprise, without putting forth
any monetary capital. *

*When Jakarta's water system was privatized in the mid-1990s, for
example,One of the winning bidders had to give Suharto's son, SIGIT, 20
percent of the venture's shares. Sigit's involvement with the company
amounted to showing up for the contract-signing ceremony.*

*Now to be frank with you, I played a prominent role in the deal of securing
some of these funds, because my office was used as middle contact. So I
helped him to secure most of his money. Between February 10th and October
28th 1996,the total of $55 MILLION USD(Fifty Five United States Dollars)
only was transferred from Bank Indonesia, the central bank, to my bank and
was later moved to a security company for safe keeping.*

*So recently, after watching the suffering of the people and the aftermath
of the recent earth quake that rendered some people homeless, I have decided
to make sure that this money is released from the security company in China
and sent back to Indonesia to help the victims and the citizens in General.
Initally,I had wanted to write an official letter to the government of
Indonesia but on a second thought, that will be incriminating myself and it
will pose a big danger for me and my family members.*

*Like I told you, I want to make sure that this money is sent back to
Indonesia. I think the best way to go about it is to present you as the heir
or beneficiary of the fund, I have every document pertaining to the money.
Mohamed Suharto is very old and he is terminally ill. In short,he has just
passed on and no body for now is aware of this money. The security company
in China doesn't know Mohamed Haji Suharto or any member of his family in
person, I personally supervised the transaction and as such it is very risk
free.*

*Once the money is released to you, take 30% and send back the rest to the
country (INDONESIA) as donation to the victims of the earth quake to better
their lives. That will free my consentience and I believe that God will
reward us. Whatever may be the cost of releasing the money from the security
company in China, 20% of the fund will take care of such cost. *

*If you can handle this transaction, please inform me immediately so that we
can proceed. Let me know more about you before we can forge ahead please.*

*Expecting your response.*

*Best of Lucks,*

*VERY REV. GEORGE FRANKLIN
TEL: +447245760756.*

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