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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024079224 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Donald" <donez100@getsemani.com.br>
Reply-To: donez100@earthlink.net
Date: 07 Apr 2006 19:33:06 -0300
Subject: Contact Me!!!

Hello Dear!!!!

Good Compliment of the season!

I am contacting you with utmost respect and with sincere hope that it will move you into action to help me with my request.I wish to remind you that after going through your details on the internet,I found it interesting and decided to contact you for a possible business transaction.I want you to assure me of your sincerity and willingness to be fair to me in the execution of this business transaction.Be so kind to contact me at your earliest convenient for a thorough discussions on possible ways to extract the potentials of this deal.There is £14.5 Million British Pounds Sterling I want to transfer to your account,can you help me?

I am presently in London.I am determined to work this deal out if we can do business.As at this moment,I am unable to give you more details about this business until your interest is indicated.If you are sceptical or doubtful about this deal,feel free and take a moment of your very busy schedules to contact me through my email address or better still end at Tel No: +44 7024 079 224. This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.

NOTE:This mail is intended for the receipent only. Please contact the undersigned, if you are not the intended receipent or you received it in error.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest regards,

Dr.Donald Eezeh.
Chief investment Consultant,
Dept.Of Offshore Mortgage Services,
Bank Of Scotland Int'l Ltd,
P.O.Box.19,Bank Of Scotland House,
Prospect Hill,Douglas,Isle Of Man.
IM99 1AT.
wwwbankofscotland.co.uk

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