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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:
  • "here in london united kingdom" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447031849498 (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.
  • paulbryant@myself.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Bryant" <pinbox049@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paulbryant@myway.com
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:46:32 +0200
Subject: LEGITIMATE

FROM: MR.PAUL BRYANT
TEL/FAX: +44 703-184-9498

Good day,

I am Mr. Paul Bryant, I am working as an auditor in account/audit
verification department in a prime bank here in London United Kingdom.

During our Quarter Year account verification/auditing held on 31st March
2006, I personaly discovered a dormant account with a total sum of $USD
75,000,000.00
[SEVENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS]has been dormant and last
operated four years ago. From my investigations I confirmation that the
owner of the said account, is a foreigner by name "John Shumejda" who died
on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in Birmingham; you can view this
CNN website.

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/

For details on the crash.

Since the death of the deceased, nobody has operated in this account till
date. Moreover, this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely,
this fund will be confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it stays
dormant for a period of [5] years.

In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperation in transferring this
dormant fund out of our bank to avoid confiscating this fund. I will split
the transfer into two 2 stages for easy and smooth transfer.
First, I will transfer $5,000,000.00 to you, upon a successful transfer
without any disappointment from your side; I will then transfer the
remaining balance
of $70,000,000.00 for gigantic investments.

If you are willing to cooperate in this project, get back to me for more
details.

Call me immediately between 8.00am - 6.00pm GMT
+44 703-184-9498
Private Email: {paulbryant@myself.com}

I wait for your urgent response. Yours truly,
Mr.Paul Bryant

NB: This is a Top Secret Project; 100% Legitimate and Trouble Free for both
of us, thus, never disclose it to any third party.

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