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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:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • petervincent_oceanicbank2008@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. PETER VINCENT" <peter_oceanicbank2007@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: petervincent_oceanic003@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:37:42 +0100
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT(OCEANIC BANK)



I AM THE HEAD OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT WITH OCEANIC BANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OCEANIC BANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC, MANDATED ME TO LOOK FOR ANY KNOWN RELATION OF MR
RICHARD PETERSON. MR.RICHARD PETERSON DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK THE SUM OF
FOURTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDREN THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR
(14.2MILLIONS USD) SINCE, AFTER HIS DEATH 5/1/03.I HAVE TRIED TO TRACE
ANY OF HIS RELATIONS BUT TO KNOW AVAIL.SINCE YOU ARE A FOREIGNER I AM
ASKING YOUR CO-OPERATION FOR US TO CLAIM THIS FUND, IS JUST FOR ME TO
PRESENT YOU TO MY BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN.I ONLY HAVE TO APPROVE YOU,
THIS FUND WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE
SEND A MAIL TO THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX:
petervincent_oceanicbank2008@yahoo.es SO THAT I CAN EXPLAIN MORE IN
DETAILS TO YOU.PLEASE REPLY TO MY EMAIL BOX .EXPECTING TO READ FROM
YOU,TO ENABLE ME FURNISH YOU EACH STEP WE NEED TO TAKE. BEST REGARDS,
MR. PETER VINCENT INVESTIGATION UNIT DIRECTOR( OCEANIC BANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC)
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