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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:
  • "dear friend" (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.
  • brwhughes@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "capt brown" <captbrownhugh7@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:56:00 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU HELP?

Dear Friend

My Name is Dr.Brown Hughes from Harlsden, North West London , here in
England. I work for Natwest Bank London. I am writing following an
opportunity in my
office that will be of an imense benefit to both of us. In my department we
discovered an abandoned sum of $10.5million USA Dollars (Ten
million five hundred thousand Usa Dollars) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. The
choice of contacting you is arised from the geograpgical nature of where
you live, particularly due to the sensivity of the transaction and the
confidentiality herein.

Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the
claim but nobody has done that.I personally has been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for six (6) years now, I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the
proceeds
of this account valued at 10.5Million Dollars can be paid to you. This will
be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you.
I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
this claim we are making. All i need is to fill in your names to the
ducuments
and legalise it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary
then you
can make contacts with the secuirty company where the fund is presently
deposited as a diplomatic Consignment.

while we have made arrangements with Diplomatic Envoy in service to move
the money through diplomatic
process to your country with all the necessary papers to enhace depositing
the money into a bank in your country.
All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. Please, provide me the following: as we have 5 days to
run it
through. This is very very URGENT PLEASE.
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated. I
APPRECIATE IF YOU REPLY THIS MAIL THROUGH MY PERSONAL AND
PRIVATE:brwhughes@aim.com
Best regards,
Dr.Brown Hughes.

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