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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• 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.
  • +447040128295 (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.
  • newport012@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "promoxx012@mail2world.com" <promoxx012@mail2world.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 01:18:46 -1000
Subject: UPDATE!!!


GOOD DAY TO YOU,


MY NAME IS MR.DON NEWPORT, WORKINGWITH THE MINING
FINANCE DEPT. WITH STANDARD BANK LONDON.


WE HAD AFOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DEPOSITED A HUGE SUM OF MONEY WITH OUR BANK,
WHOLATER DIED AS A RESULT OF PLANE CRASH IN 1999. BEFORE HIS DEATH,HE
TRANSFERED THE SUM OF US$26.5M (TWENTY-SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDREDTHOUSAND
UNITED SATES DOLLARS) TO A BANK IN EUROPE.

SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER, I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN
INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVEAS NO ONE HAS
COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF US$26.5M (TWENTY-SIX MILLIONFIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH HAS BEEN WITH
THEBANK IN EUROPE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR
WHOSE NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN AS NO ONE HAS COME UPTO BE THE
NEXT OF KIN.

IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MYCOUNTRY`S
FOREIGN TRADE MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVINCED BY PROVIDENCETHAT YOU
COULD BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN.


THE REQUEST OF THEFOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS
OCCASIONED BY THE FACTTHAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND YOU SHARE THE
SAME SURNAME ANDSOMEBODY IN LONDON CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO OUR
LATE CUSTOMER

I AGREED THAT 40% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER FOR
PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, WHILE THE REST WILL
BE FOR ME, THEREAFTER, I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT AS IAM
ALMOST DUE FOR
RETIREMENT.

THEREFORE, TO FACILITATE THE IMMEDIATETRANSFER OF THIS
FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRSTTO THE BANK
AS A RELATION TO THE DECEASED INDICATING YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND
FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATIONWHERE THE MONEY WILL BE
REMITTED.


UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, IWILL SEND YOU BY FAX
OR E-MAIL THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE.

I WILL NOTFAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH-FREE
AND THATYOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT

HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER.

YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS
EMAIL OR CALL ME ON MY NYMBER +44 704 0128295.

PLEASE DONT CALL MY OFFICE NUMBER.

TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.


YOUR RESPECTFULLY,

MR. DON NEWPORT.

NB: RESPONSE TO MY E-MAIL ADDRESS: newport012@yahoo.com

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