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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447024093053 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: MR. MARK SCOTT <markscott_001@yahoo.com.hk >
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:59:24 -0700
Subject: PRIVATE & LEGITIMATE.


Head of Franchising
NatWest Bank plc
Connaught House 65 Aldwych
London, WC2B 4DS
+44-702-409-3053

Compliments of the day,

Before proceeding,i wish to introduce myself to you.I am Mr Mark scott head of Franchising NatWest Bank plc London.There was an immigrant and a property magnate (Mr JACKSON NAULT) who was based in the UK.Who happens to be a good customer in our bank.On the 25th of July 2000,his wife Maria,their daughter Andrea Eich,her husband Christian,and their children Katharina and Maximilian all died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise.

Since then i have been managing his properties here in the U.K. and some others which he put out for sale. The properties which have long been put out on sale have now been paid for and now the money paid has long been deposited into his local bank account here.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and estate left behind by my client before they get seized or declared unserviceable by bank.Particularly, the bank has issued me with a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account confisticated within a short period of time.My late client has an account valued at twenty eight million United States Dollars(28 Million USD).

I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my clients relatives for some time now and with no one coming forward since my client passed on and with the bank now giving me a deadline, i now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to my deceased client, so that the proceeds of his account can be paid to you.

This i intend we share among ourselves.I have all the necessary information that can be used to back up any Claim that we may make. I can assure you that you shall be paid the amount as the next of kin to my late client.All i require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Pls get back to me immediately with the following information:

(1)Your full names and contact address.

(2)Telephone and fax numbers.

Upon receipt of this information,we shall discuss further about this transaction.

Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.

Best Regards,

Mr mark scott.

(Head of Franchising)

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