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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 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.
  • +447024034361 (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.
  • raymond.owen@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Raymond Owen" <ray_owen0031@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: raymond.owen@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:53:52 +0000
Subject: JOINT BUSINESS OPPURTUNITY

From The Desktop Of Raymond Owen
Confidential Secretary,
Equitorial Finance & Security Company
London-United Kingdom
Tel: +44 7024034361
Email: raymond.owen@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,

My name is Raymond Owen, a British Citizen living in London. I have worked
for Equitorial Finance & Security Company for 7 years. In these 7 years, I
have been a confidential secretary to the Managing Director; I have served 3
Managing Directors of this company. By this position, even though it is one
of the lowest positions in the company but I have a lot of secret
information about the company deposits.

It may surprise you to hear or know that 60% of the consignments in our
warehouse are from Africa/Middle East and 95% of them contain money. In most
cases, the depositors declare them as family treasure, they do not know that
we the privileged workers of the company has a way of knowing the content
but the management do not care as far as it does not contain drugs. All
fabric National wants is his or her storage and logistic fees. A handful of
these consignments have overstayed the acceptable duration legally allowed
in the agreement for the collection and they have been declared ABANDONED.
The Company policy is that any consignment declared ABANDONED can be
released to any one who can provide all the security coded details of the
consignment and the person must be ready to settle the demurrage accrued on
the consignment. The company will release it.

Now, I have removed all the Security coded details of one of the
consignments, No: FNL/BD456/99. It was deposited in the year 2000 April 18th
by Dr. Kazeem Anu that lost his life in a Brief Illness in April 2000 He
uses the wife’s name Vickie Anu at the next of kin but he declared it a
Diplomatic Document. My investigation shows that Vickie Anu is dead after
her operation of cancer problems stated by the family attorney Rui Pedro
Mendes. No one has applied for the release of the consignment because no one
has the Security Details. I want to give you the security details and other
information/documents to apply as the Next of Kin for the consignment to be
released to you. I will give you the next of Kin Code. Then you will deal
directly with the company as the next of kin. No one will know you have me
as a partner. This consignment contains $12m cash with some property and
share certificates there in valued more that $20m. I have inspected it .I
know what I am telling you.

If you want to work with me. Do contact me by phone or email. We will
discuss modalities you will be happy discovering the value of this
information. It will be a classified deal between you and me only.

Best Regards

Raymond Owen
Confidential Secretary,
Equitorial Finance & Security Company
London-United Kingdom
Tel: +44 7024034361
Email: raymond.owen@yahoo.co.uk

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