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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:
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• 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.
  • craw_ford@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "crawford wood" <crawood001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: craw_ford@excite.com
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:12:18 +0000
Subject: attn

Form:Mr Crawford Wood Eaq.
25 Imperial Court,
Liverpool, L5 7PQ,UK

{INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE TRANSACTION}
{five Million United State Dollars}
{(RE: TRANSFER OF ($5,000,000.00 USD}
{BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY/YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED}

attn

I sincerely ask for forgiveness for I know this may seem like a complete
intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my option of
communication. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation
to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please consider it
a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a
relationship. I am Mr Crawford Wood, the personal lawyer to the great late
diseased who has an account in one of the top banks here in the united
kingdom.The account was opened in 2001 and he died in 2004 without a written
or oral WILL and since 2004 nobody has operated on his account again hence
the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will
be forfeited for nothing and the Govt.will confiscate the funds for their
personal use which I personally don't want such incident to happen being
that this is a great opportunity for me.

My contact is for you to please assist me to transfer the said
fund($5,000,000.00 USD)Five Million United State Dollars from a Cooperate
Bank here in the United Kingdom to an oversea account.First,I must solicit
your strictest confidenciality in this transaction.This is by virtue of its
nature as being utterly confidential.I am sure and have confidence of your
ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude.I
solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe
account for onward investment.

You can either provide me with an existing account or to set up a new Bank
account immediately to receive this money,even an empty account can serve to
receive this money,as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of
this important business trusting in you and believing that you will never
let me down either now or in future because this business is my life.The
owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person knows about this
account or anything concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and
until his death he was the C.E.O of his company. My investigation through
the National immigration department & Ministries here proved to me as well
that he was single as at the time of his entry into the United Kingdom.The
amount in this account is USD ($5,000,000.00 USD)Five Million United State
Dollars} only.

As a matter of fact, I and his accountant have decided to transfer this fund
abroad for investment. Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because
the management of the bank will welcome any foreigner who has correct
information to this account which I will give to you immediately, if you are
interested to do this business with me. There is no risk in this business.
With my position and my personal contact with the accountant of the bank,
the money can be transferred to any account you can provide with assurance
that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country
for sharing. We will start the first transfer with One million Five Hundred
thousand United states Dollars[$1,500.000].Upon successful transfer without
any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the
remaining balance of $3,500,000 to your account. I am only contacting you as
a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here,
but can only be approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of
the account, which I will provide for you.So you should provide me with your
correct account details where you will like the fund to be transferred to,
or you can set up a new account for the transfer even an empty account is
ok. At the conclusion of the transfer you will take 30%, 5% will be for any
expenses both parties incurred in the process of this business and the
remaining 65% will be for us. As soon as I hear from you and upon your
strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your
account I will then start the processing of the transfer of the fund to your
account without further delay. If you are interested, please forward the
following information below:

{1} Your Name/company's name and full address,
{2} Bank Name:............
{3} Bank Address...
{4} Account No:.........
{5} Swift Code...{if any}
{6} Account Holder's Name: ..........
{7} Your telephone Nos.both Home, Office & Cell/Mobile and fax Numbers...
{8} Your Occupation
{9} Your Valid ID

Upon the receipt of the above details,payment will be activated by the
feeding of your data into payment system,followed by a signal that will be
sent to the paying bank to remit funds into your nominated bank account
within 5 official working days of receipt of the above information.Contact
me urgently via email privately for further details:

Thanks.

Best Regards,
Mr Crawford Wood.Esq.
Email contact{craw_ford@excite.com}

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