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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 give you 35% " (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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mr.robertcole@globalsecurityfinance.org" <officemail11@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: dr.robertcole001@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:53:32 +0100
Subject: Good Day.


Good Day.



Compliments of the season to you, allow me to introduce myself, I am
Dr.Robert Cole, Staff of Global Security and Finance company London. I am
writting in respect of an American citizen customer of my bank late Mr.Ball
Martin,dual citizen of United State Of American , who died in a Plane crash
on Monday 2nd September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New
York to Geneva.


I got your email account while searching for a business oriented personality
in my private study in the internet.

Please see for more information.



<http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html>


The late Mr.Ball Martin left in our deposit the sum of One Thirty five
million, seven hundred and fifty thousand U.S dollars ($35,750,000.00
million USD) and nobody will
ever come for this money because there is no next of kin in his documents.


I am the only person that is aware of this money since Mr.Ball Martin did
not give to my institution any next of kin to inherit his money. Now, I want
to use my position in the bank to transfer this money to your country for
investment.


If you can Reply this mail on your acceptance for the proposal for the total
of ( seventhy five million, seven hundred and fifty thousand U.S dollars
$35,750,000.00
million USD. I will give you 35% of this entire fund while the remaining 65%
shall be for me, I am hoping to get a favorable response from you.



please send me an email to my Private email below, so that i will give you
more details about this transaction and how we will successfully carry out
this transaction without
any risk involved. email.


Regards,
Dr.Robert Cole,
Staff of Global Security and Finance company,
London.

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