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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.
• 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.
  • markdavis@freesurf.ch (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "david markson" <dav_markson@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:28:59 +0000
Subject: Re: Transaction

Dear Sir,

My Name is MARK DAVIS , a personal Attorney To (DR ) Brem Hasler, a German
National .

On the 21st of April 2005, my client was involved in auto crash ,
Unfortunately he lost his life.
Before his death he was an engineer with the Mobile Oil International
Nigeria.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money He left with the
Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc and the Bank has threatened to confiscate or
declare his account valued at $12.8 Million Dollars
unserviceable.

The Bank has also issued me a notice to provide the Next Of Kin or have the
account Confiscated within the next 14working bank days.

Since then , I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek
your consent to present you as the Next Of Kin of the decease .

After going through your profile in the internet i was convinced that you
are capable to handle this deal.

If you agree to cooperate with me, we can discuss your percentage so that
the proceed of the account can be paid into your account subsequently.This
funds in question can only be approved to a foreigner only, since the funds
belonged to a foreigner.

Furtherance to this, all the necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up the claim are in my possession,the workable time frame is 7bank
official working days.

All I require from you is honest ,cooperation and confidentiality to enable
us seeing this deal true.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law .

Awaiting your swift response.

Best regards,

Barr MARK DAVIS.

Note,, PlEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: e-mail: markdavis@freesurf.ch

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