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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:

• 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 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.
  • +447040110264 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Phil Hodkinson" <philhodkinson6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: philhodkinson@Safe-mail.net
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:28:46 -0800
Subject: [SPAM:####] INVESTMENT PROPOSAL (PLEASE READ AND RESPOND}

From: Phil Hodkinson
Group Finance Director,Treasury & Insight.
HBOS United Kingdom

 

Dear Friend

 

I am Mr. Phil Hodkinson, the Group Finance Director, Treasury & Insight HBOS United Kingdom.

 

I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this transaction. The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (HBOS BANK) in a  recent meeting,Recommended that the account of CLINTON HARTZ, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared Dorrmant,confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to  the Bank Treasury according to UK Banking and financial law.

 

He died in world trade centre as a victims of the september 11,2001.Incident that befall the united state of america,the bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the relatives to claim This money  but without success, you can confirm through this site:

http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htm

Mr CLINTON HARTZ is an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar account with the sum of Eight Million, two Hundred Thousand  United States Dollars Only deposited in a Secret account with my branch .In fact,since his death, no next of kin of the Dollar account holder(the brother) nor any relative of him has show up for the claim this because he has the account as a secret account thus he left all the documents for the deposit with me. This is while I am interested

and where I want you to come in. I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the relevant documents and contacts to file the application and then effect the approvals for the transfer of the money, I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the
claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we should handle  it.

 

Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this mail and I  will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction.

 

We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up  the claims.Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him as I am in  position to afix your name as the next of kin.

 

The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund  retrieved successfully Without trace even in future. After the transfer of the money we shall share the money sixty-fourty.That is I will have sixty percent while you will have fourty percent

 

PLEASE REPLY TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS AS  FOLLOWS: philhodkinsonuk@GoTigers.com

 

Yours truly,

MR Phil Hodkinson,
Group Finance Director,Treasury & Insight.
HBOS United Kingdom
My Directline: +447040110264
REPLY TO philhodkinsonuk@Go-Tigers.com

 

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