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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "it will be a bank to bank transfer" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • will_frank01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • will_frank101@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?FRANK=20WILLIAMS?= <will_frank01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: will_frank101@mixmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:17:11 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY PLEASE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: will_frank01@yahoo.com



- FRANK WILLIAMS,SENIOR MANAGER,HSBC BANK PLC LONDON,BUXTON COURT, OXFORD,LONDON, UK.DEAR SIR/MADAM,My Name is Frank Williams, I am the senior manager of (HSBC BANKPLC LONDON). I am married with two lovely kids. I am a man of peace and I don't want problems, Ionly hope you can assist me. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the Senior Manager of HSBC BANK PLC LONDON.As the Senior Manager of the Bank,it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office at the end of each Business Year.In the course of the last year 2005 Business Report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made One Million Nine Hundred and twenty Thousand British Pound Sterling (B.P.S1,920,000.00) which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed this fund on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.As an officer of this Bank I cannot be directly connected to this money,so my aim of contacting you to assist me receive this money in your Ban
k account and get 30% of the total fund as commission though is negotiable. There are pratically no risk involved, it will be a Bank to Bank Transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the Original depositor of this funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated Bankaccount.if you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much.Write me if you think we can work together so that we can go over the details, Thank you in advance and may God bless you.Please contact me through this e-mail add:will_frank101@mixmail.com FRANK WILLIAMS,SENIOR MANAGER,HSBC BANK PLC LONDON,BUXTON COURT, OXFORD,LONDON, UK.

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