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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 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.
  • +447031818131 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Brown Mr Kelvin <kelvinb_222@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: kelvinb11@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:22:14 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Urgent reply from Mr Kelvin brown..


Address: 3 Presley Way
Crownhill, Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire MK8 OES
United Kingdom.
TELEPHONE +44 703 1818131
Business Transaction Of $20,000.000.00 USD, (Twenty million Great Britain Pounds)


I got your contact over the internet as a trustworthy and reliable person.please pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you today through this email. My name is Mr Kelvin Brown...I am the personal solicitor to a foreinger, 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. You may read more about the crash on visiting this C.N.N News internet website.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
upon your positive response and my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. can you keep this business as very confidential? once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a key Security Company official who is deeply involved with me in this business.I desprately need your assistance to secure and move huge sums of money left behind by my late client to the tune of $20,000.000.00, PDS, (Twenty million Great Britain Pounds) I will pay you 30% of the total sum for your corperation in this matter.I will give you more details,on your positive response, also include in your reply and acknowledgement of this mail your telephone number so that we can disscuss in details. I can be reached urgently through my private contacts below.


PERSONAL CONTACT
...............................
Phone : +447 031 818 131
Mr Kelvin Brown,


Best Regards and God bless you,






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