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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • james101@mixmail.com
  • james101@mixmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Morgan H. James." <comethbank@msn.com>
Reply-To: james101@mixmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:27:51 +0000
Subject: From: Cometh International Bank London.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a staff of Cometh International Bank London.
I am writing following an oppurtunity in my office
that will be of imense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
£10.5million British Pounds Sterling (Ten million five
hundred thousand British Pounds) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.
Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his
life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife
and only daughter. You shall read more about the crash
on visiting this site.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

Now the bank has been waiting for any of the relatives
to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that.I
personally has been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for 2 years now, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account
valued at £10.5Million British Pounds Stering can be
paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in these
percentages, 50% to me and 50% to you. I will secure
all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest
Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us
see this transaction through.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.
Please, provide me the following:

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Please get in touch with me by my secured and
confidential e-mail address at: james101@mixmail.com
or the above stated private telephone numbers to enable
us discuss further.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and
appreciated.

Best regards,

Mr.Morgan H. James.
Cometh International Bank London
Direct Tel:44 704 010 2437
Private e-mail: james101@mixmail.com

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