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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • mccagraeme60@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mccallumgraeme@lycos.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?mcCallum=20Graeme?= <mccagraeme60@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mgraeme@gawab.com
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 17:49:10 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: INSTITUTIONAL FUND SERVICES


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mccagraeme60@yahoo.co.uk

I am Mr. McCallum Graeme, Institutional Fund Services,

Middle East and Africa,HSBC Bank PLC, London International

Branch, On resumption of duties after the Christmas and New

year celebration i discovered that one of my bank

customer,Mr. JOSHUA WANG ,an Indonesia by birth , a

consultant/contractor with the military relief Group, a

charity organization ato the United Nation( UN), was one of

the victims of the TSUNAMI disaster in the Asia World, he

has being a private resident here in London for 3 years,

made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at

£6,500,000.00(Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great

British Pounds Sterling) for twelve calendar months in my

Branch.


As representative with contacts in the Middle east

/Africa,upon the tsunami disaster in his home country of

Indonesia, in which he was on a private visit to see his

sick old parents, i have made personal contacts to his

resident here in London and through some foreign mission in

Indonesia, and has discovered that he and his entire family

perished in the said natural disaster in his local community

in Indonesia. On further investigation, it also discovered

that he died without making a WILL (En-state) and all

attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless, it was

discovered in the Late Mr. JOSHUA WANG bank papers that the

only persons stated as his entitled next of kin is his only

wife, who also died with him in the disaster,so presently

their is no persons to declare as the next of kin to the

said fund and as it stand now , No person will ever come

forward to claim it. As the bank papers/documents have only

his late wife name, since they have no child before their

sudden death.


In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and

constitution, the money will revert to the ownership of the

Government if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the

funds within certain period.Consequently, I shall present

you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to

late Mr.JOSHUA WANG so that you and I can benefit from the

fruits of this old man's labor and also donate certain

portion of the fund to all victims of the Tsunami disasters

through humanitarian Organization.


Be informed that i have in my capacity/position carefully

moved this fund into the Vault of a Security and Finance

Company here in London that have Branches all over

Europe/America where this fund can be claim.


Upon acceptance of this proposal, We shall employ the

services of a solicitor for the drafting of the LAST WILL <br>
TESTAMENT of Late Mr.Joshua Wang and to obtain all other

relevant papers in your name for the necessary documentation

for payment approval in my bank headquarters in your favor.


I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate

arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law

as I will use my position as the senior Bank's personnel in

the Institutional fund services, Middle East and

Africa,HSBC BANK PLC, to secure approvals and guarantee the

successful execution of this transaction.


Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is

required. If this interests you, please reply me immediately

and please include your private phone number for voice

contact and fax number so that I can provide you with more

details and relevant documents that will help you understand

the transaction better.


Awaiting your urgent reply through my only private

email: mccallumgraeme@lycos.co.uk

Best regards,

McCallum Graeme

- mcCallum Graeme

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