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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "ich habe eine neue e-mail-adresse!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • billynorman_10@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Billy=20Norman?= <billynorman_10@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: bnorman_57@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 04:20:12 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: VERY URGENT


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: billynorman_10@yahoo.de

NORMAN,ANDERSON & CO. SOLICITORS

0.3 MILES W-33 TOTHILL ST,LONDON SW1H9LA

BESIDE SANTUARY HOUSE HOTEL.



Attn:



Foremost,i must solicite your confidence in this transaction.I can

understand that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone

apprenhensive,but be assured that at the end, all concerned would see it

worth the effort.I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this

transaction.Let me introduce myself. I am Barr.Billy Norman,Senior

Partner Norman,Andersons & co. law chambers in United Kingdom.I got your contact via my private search and decided to ask for your personal involvement based on my convictions.



THE PROPOSITION: A Foreigner, Late Mr Peter Riley,an Expertriate oil

consultant engineer,who is involved in oil merchant/contractor with the

British consolidated oil,until His death a years ago in an auto crash was my client.On the 8th of march 2005, This client of mine lost his life in a ghastly motor accident, Involved in the accident was his wife.This client of mine held a personal current account valued at $12.4million US dollars(Twelve Million Dollars Excess) in a british bank here,As indicated by jurisdiction of section 233(4) of the british financial act of 1999 , states thus "in the demise of an account Holder/bearer, the next of kin as stated in the account form reserves the unrestrained right to

take posession of the said asset after all due confirmations and proof of

death of the account holder/bearer. As his attorney, All efforts by me to contact any of his relatives proved unsuccesful.As a result of this the Board of Directors of the bank are about to place the fund "UNCLAIMAMBLE"In order to prevent this, i now seek your assistance to have you stand in as the beneficiary's next of kin. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I require from you is your honesty and cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law and please note that This Proposal is 100% risk free on your side.35% of the total fund when remitted would be your share. Again take

note that up to 5% would stand as incidental expenses,The remaining 60% would be my own share,which i will invest under your care in your country.

Please treat this with strict confidientiality.

i am waitting for your urgent response.



Best Regards,

Barr.Billy Norman(SAN)

Norman,Andersons & Co.



- Billy Norman

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