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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.
• 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.
  • +447031947645 (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.
  • alex_smith019@yahoo.com.vn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • alex_smith018@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?alex=20smith?= <alex_smith019@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: alex_smith018@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 04:05:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I AM SERIOUSELY IN NEED OF YOUR HELP.


Tôi có thư mới!Bây giờ bạn có thể gửi thư điện tử cho tôi tại: alex_smith019@yahoo.com.vn

Compliment Dear,


I have Thirty Million United States Dollar business for you.First of all call this number first for confirmation of the $30 million before we proceed +44 703 194 7645, access code 112.


Do you know late Dr. Jonathan Mann once a human right activist on HIV/AIDS who died with his family in Swissair crash in 1998? The CNN webpage below will tell you more about my client any way; http://www.cnn.com/health/9809/03/dr.mann.profile . I was his personal accountant when I was working with Barclays bank Plc here in London, United Kingdom. My proposal is to seek your help in partnership to present you as the next-of-kin to my late client so that BARCLAYS BANK will pay you the sum of US$30 million into any bank account you are going to provide.


Then we will share the amount on a mutual agreed fifty/ fifty percent to enable me use part of my own share to carry out my wife kidney transplanting surgery operation. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, now and thereafter. A text of application will be given to you,for the claim immediately i hear from you.


If you are interested get back to me for more details.Reply me back with your mobile telephone number.Get back to me once again through my private e-mail: alex_smith018@yahoo.com.hk


Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Alex Smith.

- alex smith

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