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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +447031849070 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • fadi_james_uk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JAMES FADI" <jamesfadi@k.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fadi_james_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:43:23 -0700
Subject: DEAR STRANGER

ATTN:


I am contacting you on business deal of a huge sum of money from a
deceased account in a security company in Malaysia. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We decided to contact you due
to the urgency of this transaction.



PROPOSITION;
We discovered the sum of US$5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that Belongs to
one of our foreign clients Mr. Mike Hooks who died in the just recent tsunami disaster. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations
has come forward to lay claims for this money as the heir. During his Life time I was his Lawyer and I prepare his will then and since his death no one could come forward for his will and it was later discovered that all his family died in the Tsunami too so no one could claim this fund
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in Will I have before me Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the funds (US$5,500,000.00) to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may Interest you to know

that we can secure the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual Business Endeavor by furnishing me with the following;

1. Your name and address
2. A copy of your international passport or SSN
3. Direct Telephone and fax numbers


These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to the
appropriate Departments for necessary approvals in your favor before
the transfer can be made. We shall be compensating you with 30% on final
conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us. If this
proposal is acceptable by you, please respond immediately, I await your
urgent response in my email address: fadi_james_uk@yahoo.co.uk or call me on +447031849070


Best regards,
Mr. JAMES FADI

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