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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "outstanding contractors" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your payment is being processed" (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)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024096792 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • wil-beaumont@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WIL" <wil-beaumont@excite.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:33:50 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE:VERIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE........................Amarjit Singh








WIL BEAUMONT

MANAGERING DIRECTOR,

INTERNATIONAL PERSONAL BANKING

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

BOX 64 71 BATH STREET

ST. HELIER JERSEY

CHANNEL ISLANDS JE4 8PJ

UNITED KINGDOM.





ATTN: Amarjit Singh





RE:VERIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE.





FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS, NEXT OF KIN FUNDS AND LOTTERY FUNDS DUE FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT WITH THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,UNITED KINGDOM. YOUR NAME/PARTICULARS WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE LIST OF THE OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENTS.





I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED AND WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER. ALSO NOTE THAT FROM THE RECORD IN MY FILE YOUR OUTSTANDING PART PAYMENT IS GBP 1, 700,000.00 (ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING). KINDLY RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE FOLLOWINGS:



NAME:_______________________

DATE OF BIRTH:____/____/____

HOME ADDRESS:_________________

CITY/STATE/ZIPCODE:__________________

COUNTRY:___________________

HOME PHONE#: (___)___________

CELL PHONE#:_______________

MARITAL STATUS:______________

OCCUPATION:_________________

COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND ADDRESS:____________



AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO YOU IN A CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT OR WIRED TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT DIRECTLY FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI U.S.A. YOU CAN MAIL ME ON MY DIRECT MAIL ADDRESS AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MEMO FOR FURTHER DETAILS.





REGARDS,

WIL BEAUMONT

Email: wil-beaumont@excite.com

my direct Line: +44-702409-6792





CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this communication in error, please do not distribute and delete the original message. Please notify the sender by E-Mail at the address shown. Thank you for your compliance.





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