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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • hamermckenzie@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Pascal Adams" <pascaladams077@msn.com>
Reply-To: pascaladams077@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:53:11 +0000
Subject: Re:Consult

HAMER MCKENZIE,
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS & SOLICITORS
Ground floor, Old Building
LSE Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
EMAIL:hamermckenzie@yahoo.com
Attn Sir / Madam,
I am Barrister Hamer Mckenzie, i am the personal attorney to (MR ANDREAS
SCHRANNER), a German Estate tycoon. Herein after shall be referred to
as my client, On JULY 25TH, 2000, my client and his entire family died
in the Air France Concorde Flight 4590 Plane Crash.
Since then I have made several attempts to locate any of my clients
extended Relatives this has proved unsuccessful so i decided to contact
you to assist inreceiving the money left behind by my client before the
money Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposits is lodged, where the deceased had an account valued at about
($32million U.S
Dollars) and the Bank has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated within the next (14) official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over (4)
years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($32 million
U.S Dollars) can be paid into your account and then you and me Can
share the money.60% to me and 30% to you,and 10% will be for any
expences that will be incured by both parties.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through and i guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protectyou from any breach of the law and i hope
the fund arrives your account in latest 10 banking days from the date
of the receipt of the following informations:
Marrital status......................
Age .................................
Private phone number................
Fax number..........................
occupation .......................

The above informations will enable me apply for payment into any of
your norminated bank account,for your confirmations,please click on
this website for more info.
(Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
Please if this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you,
I awaityour urgent reply, and reply this mail through my alternative
email:steve: hamermckenzie@yahoo.com
Best regards,
Hamer Mckenzie.



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