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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:
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • tonyadams@ummah.org (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "tony adams" <tonyadams800q@msn.com>
Reply-To: tonyadams1@ummah.org
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:18:33 +0000
Subject: from tony adams

FOREIGN REMMITANCE DEPARTMENT,
HSBC BANK PLC LONDON,
HELLO DEAR,

I AM TONY ADAMS,THE ASSISTANT MANAGER OF BILLS AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN
REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE HSBC BANK PLC LONDON.I AM WRITING THIS LETTER
TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY IN MY DEPARTMENT.

THE TRANSACTION IS ABOUT ASSISTING ME AS YOU FORIEGN PARTNER TO ENABLE ME
PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN/BENEFICIARY OF THE EURO 1.8 MILLION (ONE
MILLION,EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS). LEFT BY OUR LATE CUSTOMER WHO DIED
SINCE JANUARY 2004 ALONG SIDE WITH HIS FAMILY OF TWO IN A GHASTLY MOTOR
ACCIDENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, NEITHER THE FAMILY MEMBER NOR THE RELATION HAS APPEARED TO
CLAIM THIS MONEY, AT THIS DISCOVERY, I AND OTHER OFFICIALS IN THE DEPARTMENT
NOW DECIDED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT
OF KIN OR RELATION OF THE DECEASE FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT
SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE
BANK TREASURY AS AN UNCLAIMED DEBT.

BE INFORMED THAT THE FUND WAS RE-DEPOSITED IN ONE OF THE PRIVATE SECURITY
COMPANY FOR YOUR SAFE CLAIM OF THE FUND.UPON YOUR RESPONSE, DEPOSIT
CERTIFICATE AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS WILL BE PREPARED IN YOUR NAME AND
FAVOUR,FOR EASY CLAIM OF THE FUND FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY.

YOU WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR HELP, WHILE 5%
WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSIS THAT WILL INCUR FROM THE TRANSACTION.

I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE TRANSACTION WHEN I RECIEVE YOUR
RESPONSE SO DO, SEND ACROSS TO ME YOUR COMPREHENSIVE CONTACT ADDRESS,YOUR
PERSONAL PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.

IN RESPECT OF THE ABOVE,IF YOU ARE READY TO ASSIST I WANT YOU TO REPLY ME
IMMEDATELY VIA MY PRIVATE E-MAIL {tonyadams@ummah.org}
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
TONY ADAMS

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