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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (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.
  • patrick_edmond69@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "patrick edmond" <patrick_edmond1780@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:55:31 +0000
Subject: URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM



DFROM THE DESK OF MR.PATRICK EDMOND.
REPLY ONLY TO: patrick_edmond69@yahoo.co.uk

URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM

GOOD DAY,

I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO
NOT KNOW THE WRITER.
FIRSTLY, LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU. I AM MR.PATRICK EDMOND.
THE HEAD OF TELEX DEPARTMENT OF MY BANK, WHERE I AM PRESENTLY WORKING. I GOT
YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY
COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT
YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST, TRUSTWORTHY, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN
THIS BUSINESS VENTURE CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS TRANSACTION
WHICH COULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE HUGE AMOUNT INVOLVED,
THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO.

A FOREIGNER, MR. SAADELDIN EL ALFY AHMED, AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR , HERE
WHO WAS A VICTIM OF AN EGYPT AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH WHICH CRASHED
INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ON OCTOBER 31, 1999. PLEASE CHECK THE BELOW WEBLINK
FOR A LIST OF THE VICTIMS WHO WERE ON BOARD THE CRASHED AIRPLANE FOR YOUR
CONFIRMATION.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1999, MR. SAADELDIN EL ALFY AHMED, MADE A NUMBERED TIME
(FIXED) DEPOSIT WITH OUR BANK AND HAS A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT JULY, 2000
WORTH US$45MILLION (FORTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS). UPON MATURITY, WE SENT
A ROUTINE NOTIFICATION TO HIS FORWARDING ADDRESS BUT GOT NO RESPONSE, AFTER
A MONTH, WE SENT A REMINDER AND WAS FINALLY INFORMED BY HIS CONTRACT
EMPLOYERS THAT MR. SAADELDIN EL ALFY AHMED WAS AMONG THE VICTIMS OF THE
CRASHED EGYPT AIRLINE OF OCTOBER 31, 1991. ALL ATTEMPTS TO TRACE ANY OF HIS
RELATIVES ALSO PROVED FRUITLESS. WE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE LATE MR.
SAADELDIN EL ALFY AHMED DID NOT DECLARE ANY NEXT OF KIN IN ALL HIS OFFICIAL
DOCUMENTS WITH US INCLUDING HIS BANK DEPOSIT PAPERS. THE TOTAL SUM,
US$45MILLION (FORTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) IS STILL IN MY BANK AND THE
INTEREST IS BEING ROLLED OVER WITH THE PRINCIPAL SUM AT THE END OF EACH
YEAR. NO ONE HAS EVER COME FORWARD TO CLAIM IT.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL BANKING LAWS AND CONSTITUTION, THE MONEY WILL
RETURNED TO THE OUR BANK'S TREASURY AS OUR BANK'S PROPERTY AFTER FIVE YEARS
IF NOBODY APPLIES FOR IT AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO CLAIM THE FUNDS. NOW THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED UNCLAIMED
SINCE ALL EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE BY MY BANK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MR.
SAADELDIN EL ALFY AHMED'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS.

NOW THE BANK EXPECTS A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM IT AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE
FUNDS. IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND IN AS THE
NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MR. SAADELDIN EL ALFY AHMED SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE
RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ANY ACCOUNT THAT YOU MAY PROVIDE AS THE
BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED. I SHALL GUIDE YOU ON HOW WE
SHALL CLAIM THE FUNDS FOR OURSELVES (YOU AND I). ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROOF TO
ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED
FROM THE DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO
YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. YOU WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS
AS THE ACCOUNT OWNER, 65% WILL BE FOR ME WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO
OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.

IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL
ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX
NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE EMAIL
ME ONLY THROUGH THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: patrick_edmond69@yahoo.co.uk
FOR SECURITY REASONS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR. MR.PATRICK EDMOND.

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