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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • john.martins113@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr John Martins" <john_martins05@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: john.martins113@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:08:29 +0100
Subject: Please Read Very Carefully And Get Back To Me.

OFFICE OF CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL BANKING
BILLS AND EXCHANGE ARAB BANK PLC
73 BROOKS STREET LONDON W1K 4HX.
D/. ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: john.martins113@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,

First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue
of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring that this is real and genuine. I am Mr.John
Martins the head of corporate and institutional banking Bills andExchange
Arab Bank Plc 73 Brooks street London W1k 4HX. I came to know you in my
private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this
Confidential Transaction,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money
to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

MY PROPOSITION; During my audit exercise i discovered an abandoned sum of
US$17,320,000.00 (seventeen million three hundred and twenty thousand united
states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our customers a german
estate tycoon (Andreas Schranner ) who died along with his wife and entire
family on 25th July,2000,AirFrance Concorde flight 4590 plane crash. Since
his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay
claims for this money as the heir.

Arab Bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies
for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines, unfortunately, no family member nor relative has ever appeared
to claim the said fund.Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to
have you stand as next of kin to the deceased so that the funds (seventeen
million three hundred and twenty thousand united states dollars) can be
released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's next of kin
otherwise the fund will be returned to treasury as unclaimed funds and will
be subsequently conficicated by the british government at the expiration of
five year duration. All documents to enable you receive this funds will be
carefully worked out.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with your following infortmation;

1. Your name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
3. Age
4. Occupation

These requirements will enable us file letters of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made in your favour.I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as
stated thus: On final conclusion of this project, 60% of this shall be for
me, while 35% shall be for you and the remaining 5% shall be used to
compensate either party for any expenses incurred.

Your share 35% stays while, my 60% share shall be used for investment
purposes in your country. For your confirmations,you can visit this website
for more info Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm If this
proposal is acceptable by you, do not takeundue advantage of the trust we
have bestowed in you,

PLEASE YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME WITH MY PRIVATE
EMAIL: <john.martins113@yahoo.co.uk >
I await your urgent mail.
Best Regards,
Mr.John Martins .

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