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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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• 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.
  • dino_morrison@yahoo.co.uk
  • dino_morrison@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: DINO MORRISON <dino_morrison@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:42:15 -0700
Subject: FROM: MR. DINO MORRISON


FROM: MR. DINO MORRISON
14, Cameroon House, Wyndham Road,
Camber well, S.E. 5 OUJ. London UK.
Email dino_morrison@yahoo.co.uk

I am MR. DINO MORRISON a British citizen and I am 4years of age. I am
Married
with three kids, I work with Union Bank Swiss Finance Company London
UK.

I am the accounting officer of Mr. Nelson Owen who died on the recent
bomb
blast which occurred in London on the 7th of July 2005.

Mr. Nelson Owen who is our Client with Account Number UBS 101-720-4 has
left
the sum of Two Million one Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars
($2,120.000.00)
for deposit, this Amount is yet to be credited in his favour before he
died on
the recent bomb blast in London.
I want you to open an account with my Bank so that I can credit this
amount to
you while you shall receive 40% of the fund I and my colleague will
have 60%.

If you are interested in this transaction please fill the form below
and return
back to me to enable me open an account on your behalf.

The name of the Finance and Security Company and all relevant
informations will
be given to you, when you contact me on my private Email:
dino_morrison@yahoo.co.uk (YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS)

Treat with utmost confidentiality.

Yours sincerely,

MR. DINO MORRISON

PERSONAL DATA

FULL NAMES:________________________________________

GENDER____________________________________________

DATE OF BIRTH:_____________________________________

NATIONALITY: _______________________________________

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: ___________________________

MARITAL STATUS: __________________________________

HOME ADDRESS:____________________________________

OFFICE ADDRESS:___________________________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________________________

FAX NUMBER:________________________________________

OCCUPATION:________________________________________

POSITION HELD:______________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________________

NEXT OF KIN:______________________________________

ACCOUNT TYPE:_____________________________________

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