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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447031860457 (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.
  • gregwalterdr@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Miguel Wayne <miguelwayne@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 03:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello.Urgent response needed.


G.Walter & CO. CHAMBERS
LONDON OFFICE: 1 Hare Court
Temple London EC4Y 7BE
Tel:+447031860457
Fax: + 44 7031860457
REPLY WITH THIS Email:gregwalterdr@yahoo.com

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE.

This message is intended only for the use of the individual or
entity to which it was addressed and may contain information that is
privilege, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law.
If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent
responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby
notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this
message is strictly prohibited.

NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST.

Dear Sir/Madam,
Squeals to non-response of our earlier correspondence with you, we
act as solicitors to and our services have been retained by Mr. Norman R
Vinsen now late here in after referred to as our client and our instructions to
the following effects that is to say: On behalf of my client Late Mr.
Norman R Vinsen, I write to notify you that my late client made you
a beneficiary to the bequest sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand
British Pounds (£850,000)in the codicil to his will and last testament for your
contribution to Humanitarian aid. Mr. Norman R Vinsen died on 1st day November 2004
at the Agaja beach at the age of 60. The late Mr. Norman R Vinsen until his
death was the Managing Director of Lakedock Engineering Plc.,57 Waterloo Road,
London SE1 8WA, a member of several non-governmental organizations and he was also great philanthropist.
In accordance with our inheritance laws you're required to forward
documents of proof as the bonafide beneficiary such as your I.D, Birth
Certificate,Drivers License or International Passport also include
your current Bio-data and Address, Telephone and Fax numbers. We are
perfecting arrangements to complete the lodgment of this money into your
desired Bank Account through certified cashier's cheque to be sent to your current
address by secure courier within a reasonable time on the receipt of your response.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter. Looking forward to
hearing from you as a matter of urgency.pls mail me back with this ID
{gregwalterdr@yahoo.com}

With kind regards

Greg Walter Esq.



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