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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:
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • herbert_lichem@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: "HERBERT LICHEM" <herbert_lichem@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: herbert_lichem@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:27:08 +0000
Subject: RE:THANKS.

Herbert Lichem And Associates.
E-mail herbert_lichem@yahoo.ca
Phone-+41 7981 2714.

Hello,

I hereby contact you personally concerning the situation with my client, I
am Herbert Lichem an attorney to Christian Eich Mason, a deceased immigrant,
Property magnate. Who was based in the Switzerland,and also referred to as
my client, On the 25th of July 2000, my client, his wife and their two
Children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in
their plan for a
world.Cuises,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since then I have been managing his properties in Switzerland. and some of
his properties, which he put out for sale, which I monitored the payment as
his attorney, has been bought and paid,for Now the money paid was deposited
into his Local bank in Switzerland. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by his bank particularly, the bank has
issued me a notice to provide any of his next of kin (beneficiary) or have
the account confiscated within a short time.

My late client has an account valued at $ 25. Million Us Dollars in his UBS
bank account in witzerland:Web Sit www.ubs.ch. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some time now, and with the bank
giving me deadline, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of
kin, Of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $25.M
(Twenty five Million Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money 40% to you and 60% for me. I have all necessary information
that can be used to back up any Claim we might make. I will forward to you
the necessary things that you need to know so that we can move ahead at
once.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me confide the necessary
trust in you,for us seeing this deal through. I guarantee you that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law. Please, Kindly furnish me with your phone and fax
numbers.so that we can proceed to the next step,Thank you for your
understanding.

Best regards,

Herbert Lichem

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