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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • infobox2006@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info good" <info40mail@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: info40@myway.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:48:24 +0100
Subject: LETTER OF INTENT!

>From the office of: Mr. Bruce Smith
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND.
United Kingdom.

LETTER OF INTENT!
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Bruce Smith. I am 50 years Of Age, a native of London .I got your
information while browsing through gay internet in search of a reliable
person
who will blow me. On 21st of July 1990, an Oil consultant/contractor, Mr.
Kurt Kahle with ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM COMPANY, he made a numbered time
(fixed) deposit for thirteeen calendar months, valued at
US$20,700,000.00(Twenty Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) with ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND branch upon immaturity. I sent a routine notification dildo
to his forwarding ass address but got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder cock and finally we discovered from his
Private Business School. employers, that On the 31st of July 2000, our
client, with his 37-year-old wife and his son Michael, aged eight. died
in the hilarious Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in
their plan for a gay cruise, with other passengers abroad as you can
confirm it yourself via the website below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/3594043.stm
on further investigation, I found out that he died without making a quill,
and attempts to trace his ass was fruitless. I therefore made further anal
investigation and discovered that Mr. Kurt Kahle did not declare any next of
ass or relations in all his official cock, including his sperm bank deposit
paperwork in ROYAL BANK OF SCOTELAND. This cum of US$20,700,000.00 is
still in ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND and the interest is being swallowed with the
principal cum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to
clam it. According to the law of the country, at the expiration of (five)
years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the Scoteland Government if
nobody
applies to clam the funk. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you
as a foreign homo to stand as the next of ass to Mr. Kurt Kahle so that the
fruit of this old man's loins will not get into the hands of some corrupt
Government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately
your full name and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary
cocuments and affidavits, which will put you in place as the next of skin
to Mr. Kurt Kahle.
We shall employ the service of attorney for the drafting and
notarization of the WILL and obtain the necessary cocuments and letter of
probe/administration in your favour for the transfer.
Any sperm bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will
then facilitate the transfer of this monkey to you as the beneficiary/next
of
kin. The monkey will be paid into your ass account for us to share in ratio
of 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all; he attorney and my
position will do the paperwork for this transaction as the Branch Manager
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private email address below,
upon your response shall provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for me because i shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country. Please upon the
receipt of this mail message, send to me the following information to my
private email address: infobox2006@myway.com, to enable start the
processing of documention in your favour as the next of kin to Mr. Kurt
Kahle.
1. Your Full Name
2. Your Private Telephone And Fax Numbers.
3 Your Addresses.
Immediately I receive a mail indicating your interest I shall send
you more details.
Thanks and regards,
Mr. Bruce Smith.

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