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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "can i trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +447040124843 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kenneth, Steven" <steven_kenneth10@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:40:16 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Thanks For the email/Details/New email address


DEAR Amarjit ,
Thanks for your response and willingness to participate in this transaction. I want you tounderstand that this transaction is 100% risk free,and my only concern now is the security of my own share of the money when transferred into your account.I need your full co-operation to make this transfer work fine because the management of the bank is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable to handle this transaction. What I mean here is, can I trust you? You know the amount involved and this is my life. If I can trust, then let’s proceed with the actualizing of the transaction.
1: I want to let you know that I need a reliable account details from you where the fund will be to transfer. If you can be fast, the transfer can be concluded in less than 7 banking days but you should keep the business to yourself. You should not tell your bank that money is coming to your account until all the needed legal transfer documents is ready in your name. I will tell you what and when to tell your bank with the entire necessary Legal document to back the source and origin of the fund.
2: With the account information, I will start to process the Foreign Payment Approval in your favor from the H.M Treasury. 3: Once the fund is approved for transfer in your favor, you as the foreign beneficiary will be required to sign the Final Fund Release Order in person in the presence of the management of the bank here. 4: During your visit to the bank down here in Scotland, you will still be here after the signing, if your bank has An online banking service and confirm from your bank that the money is already in your account before Traveling back to your country.5: In case you may not be disposed to come in person to the bank for the final signing, we can hire a Government accredited attorney to represent you in all the signing of all the necessary transfer orderDocuments as you would have probably done if physically present.6: As soon as the lawyer signs the documents the funds will be transferred to your nominated account by swift transfer (T/T Remittance). Since
the owner of the account died without a "WILL", the attorney will Prepare all the supporting proofs, which will be needed by the bank for the fund to be transferred to Your account as the beneficiary.7: On receipt of your account information and your full name, I will be contracting an attorney, who will procure the relevant documents as in the :
DEATH CERTIFICATE OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS FUNDS, FROM THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED,SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT OF FACT/CLAIM FROM THE COURT WHICH WILL STATE YOU AS THE TRUE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND AND THE NEXT OF KIN AND ALSO THAT THIS IS AN INHERITANCE FUND, AND THE LETTER OF DMINISTRATION FROM COURT ALSO WHICH WILL STATE THAT THE OWNER DIED WITHOUT A "WILL".
Send me as a matter of urgency the following;
1. DATE OF BIRTH
2. YOUR OCCUPATION
3. YOUR PICTURE.
4. THE BANK DETAILS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE
TRANSFER.
5. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS.
6. FULL NAME.
7. TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.
Finally, call me with my private telephone number:
+447040124843. I am 50yrs old and happily married with
four children and my mobile telephone number is:
+447040124843 (PERSONAL CELL PHONE)
Further details await your urgent response. Please you
should send your details to me as soon as you get this
mail , and Call me with my number +447040124843
Thanks and god bless you,
MR STEVE KEN



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