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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:
  • "please indicate your willingness" (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.
  • alumartinez@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "aluniomartinez@terra.es" <aluniomartinez@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:38:36 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Greetings,




Greetings,


Transfer of Title Enquiry:


My name is Alunio Martinez.I work as an executive partner for the firm Banco Espanol de Credito, S.A.(BANESTO).Investment Brokers and Security Consultants in Spain.

We were conducting an end of year consolidated financial statement for the year ending march, 2006,under conjunctional agreement with BANCO DE ESPANA.This notario enquiry involves a client who shares your surname and also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at BANK DE ESPANA GROUP.

A Commercial and Investment arm of the parent Bank.It was brought to our knowledge that the aformentioned client died interstate and nominated no next of kin to the title over the investments made with the Bank.We came to know of you via the Spanish Global Database Center(S.G.D.C.) Hence we are making this contact.The essence of this communication is to find out if you could be of any assistance in reprofiling these investments as we have tried to locate any of his next of kin/beneficiary but without any success.

We shall appreciate,If you could assist in providing us with your company's name to enable us convert this fund to our use as we intend to raise a draft with a special indorsement that the fund should be paid to the order of your company being the beneficiary of the fund and forward same to a prime bank in London for immediate clearance and subsequent transfer to your designated account.

Upon your acceptance we are ready to give you 20% of the total fund while the remaining will be shared by my colleagues and I. Please indicate your willingness if the conditions attached are favourable to you to enable us forward the neccessary documents for the delivery of the fund to you. my personal mail box is alumartinez@gmail.com


Awaiting your response.

Best regards,

Alunio Martinez.





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