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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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "million british pounds" (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)
• 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.
  • garyrichard231@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gary Richard" <garyrichard106@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: garyrichard231@myway.com
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:59:37 -0800
Subject: Request For Assistance...





Dear Friend,

Request For Assistance...


I am a staff of korea Development Bank London. I am writing following an
oppurtunity in my office that will be of
imense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of £10.5million British
Pounds Sterling (Ten million
five hundred thousand British Pounds) 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.
Youshall read more about the crash on visiting this site.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/


Now the 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 2 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 US
dollars can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in these
percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you.
I will secure all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I
require 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.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.

Do send your reply to garyrichard231@yahoo.com


Best regards,
Gary Richard.

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