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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:
  • "30% for you " (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)
• 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.
  • wilson.dean@email.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <drwilsondean@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:54:16 -0700
Subject: REPLY THIS EMAIL




HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND,

I AM DR WILSON DEAN, A CREDIT OFFICER OF THE LIOYDS TSB BANK LONDON .BEFORE THE U.S AND IRAQI WAR OUR CLIENT GENERAL IBRAHAM MOUSSA WHO WAS WITH IRAQI FORCES AND ALSO A BUSINESS MAN MADE A NUMBERED FIXED DEPOSITE FOR 18 CALENDAR MONTHS, WITH A VALUE OF($20.5M) TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDUNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY IN MY BRANCH.UPON MATURITY SEVERAL NOTICE WAS SENT TO HIM EVEN DURING THE WAR.

AGAIN AFTER THER WAR ANOTHER NOTIFICATION WAS SENT TO HIM AND THERE IS KNOW RESPONSE, THEN WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE GENERAL AND HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN KILLED DURING THE WAR IN BOMB BLAST THAT HIT THEIR HOME.

AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT GENERAL IBRAHIM MOUSSA DID NOT DECLARE ANY NEXT OF KIN IN HIS OFFICAIL PAPER INCLUDE THE PAPER WORK OF HIS BANK DEPOSIT.

AGAINST THIS BACKDROP, MY SUGGESTION TO YOU IS THAT I WILL LIKE YOU AS A FOREIGNER TO STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO GENERAL IBRAHIM MOUSSA SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE HIS FUND.

THEN I HAVE CONTACTED AN ATTORNEY THAT WILL PREPARE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BACK YOU UP AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO GENERAL IBRAHIM MOUSSA.

ONCE THE FUND HAVE BEEN TRANSFERED TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT WE SHALL SHARE IN THE RATIO OF 65% FOR ME 30% FOR YOU AND 5% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.
I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE DETAILS OF THIS OPERATION ONCE I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY TO THIS MY EMAIL ADDRESS,wilson.dean@email.ro

REGARDS,
DR WILSON DEAN



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