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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)
• 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.
  • +447031943830 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "WOOSTER DAVID" <wooste@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wooster1254@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:43:57 -0700
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

Dear Sir/Madam

I am WOOSTER DAVID, a private Mortgage broker of
Daniel Marshall Associates, and I happen to have
managed a particular account for a Resident Foreigner,
here in the United Kingdom, who died Intestate,
leaving in our care a sizable amount in a domiciliary
Investment Account. For some reason this client does
not have an easily identifiable next of Kin and I have
made several enquiries to locate any of my clients
relatives; immediate and extended, this has proved
unsuccessful,hence, I am contacting you. I need your
assistance in securing the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the Finance House here in
the United Kingdom. The Finance House has already
issued a Government Mandatory formal notice to provide
the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated and
this should expire within a month.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his
relatives for over two years and convinced that no one
is coming up and having satisfied the mandatory legal
requirement of Beneficiary/next of kin notification. I
now seek a Reliable and Trustworthy person, with your
consent and perfect understanding, to present you as
the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds
of this account, can be paid into an account to be
provided by you (preferably) outside the United
Kingdom Financial Institutions or its Isles), as the
perceived Next Of Kin Legally and Otherwise.

All I require is your honest cooperation and
confidence in me; which I know would not come easy. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate background that will protect you from any
breach of the law. I would advise that you give this
positive consideration and get back to me soon. I'll
be flexible and considerate in the percentage share
that will be given to you for your assistance.


Upon receipt of your response I'll furnish you with
further details.



Regards,

WOOSTER DAVID
TEL:+447031943830

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