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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • phillipmarkrr2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: phillip mark <phillipmarkrr2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: phillipmark17@o2.pl
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 01:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: informaction


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: phillipmarkrr2@yahoo.com

ATTENTION

Good day, and best wishes of the day with all honour and due respesct.I am Mr.Phillip Mark, the Accountant General of a Bank in Africa.I humbly request your kindest assistance in the transfer of money amounting to $35.000,000.00 in my bank. On June. 1994, an oil consultant/contractor with the oil ministry, Mr.Alfred .C Walker, he made a fixed deposit of U.S $35 million dollars in my bank. We sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a remind errand;finally his employers wrote to inform us that Mr.Alfred died in an automobile accident, that he died without making a will while our attempt to investigate his next of kin proved fruitless only God knows why he made it this way.When he was making deposition in my bank, he did not declare his next of kin in his deposit application form, when I reminded him he said he wished it so, in the conservative manner of our bank, I did not turn down his request rather honor it considering his net worth. The point is that his employers are not aware of his deposit with us;therefore I am the only person who knows

about Mr. Alfred?s deposit of 35,000,000.00which i would not like to disclose to the overnment,which is now lying in a dormant account

portfolio.

I am looking forward for a reliable foreigner who will stand or assist with good heart and trust as the next of kin to Mr. Alfred.I have worked out modalities of achieving my aim by appointing you as the next of kin,

as well as transfer the $35,000,000.00 abroad for us toshare. I will use an attorney who will represent you as the beneficiary to series of affidavit in support of your claim including certificate of origin of the money,power of attorney, which empowers you as the sole trustee/executive to the estate of Alfred. Please note that you may not be required to sign any transfer document as the appointed attorney will do all, if you are not able to come over.If you agree to act as the next of kin/beneficiary to enable me transfer/convert the money to our benefit use.

I will give you 30% of total amount while 5% will take care of any

unforeseen expenses may incurred in the course of concluding this

transaction.

I am urgently and confidentially waiting for your earliest response.

Thanks and God bless,

Mr. Phillip Mark.(Accountant General)



- phillip mark

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