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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:

• 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.
  • david_truex@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: "david_truex01@terra.es" <david_truex01@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:03:57 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Greetings!


International Family Law Chambers
218 STRAND, LONDON WC2R 1AP,
ENGLAND.
david_truex@sify.com
Dear,
Greetings! It is with due respect I contact you.Please, I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to you. My name is David Truex ESQ.

I wish to know if we can work together. I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased client who made some deposits to a bank. He died without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate. In the sence that if i do not produce the beneficiary or Next of Kin to the Funds within the speculated time the bank has given me,it will be confisicated and the bank will tender it to the Central Bank of England as uncliamed Funds.
If you are a trustworthy and honest person do let me know so that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do.
I urgently hope to get your response soonest.

Regards,

Mr. David Truex ESQ.

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