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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.
• 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.
  • richardmartin@iol.pt (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Martins" <richmartins69@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: richardmart@iol.pt
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:21:36 -0800
Subject: urgent confidential mail





WOODLAND FINANCE AND TRUST COMPANY LTD.LONDON-U.K

I am Mr Richard Martins, the Auditor General, woodland Finance and trust
Limited UK. In the course of my auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an
account which was opened in 1990 belonging to a dead foreigner Late Mr. K.
P. Ong who died in 1999. Every effort made to track any member of his family
or next of kin has since failed; hence I got in contact with you to stand as
his next of kin.

He died leaving no heir or a will.My intention is to transfer this sum of
$15.5M in the aforementioned account to a safe account overseas. I am
therefore proposing that you quietly partner with me and provide an account
or set up a new one that will serve the purpose of receiving this fund. For
your assistance in this venture, I am ready to part with a good percentage
of the entire funds.

After going through the deceased person's records and files, I discovered
that:

(1) No one has operated this account since 1999

(2) He died without an heir; hence the money has been floating.

(3) No other person knows about this account and there was no known
beneficiary.

If I do not remit this money urgently, it would be forfeited and
subsequently converted to company's funds which will benefit only the
directors of my firm. This money can be approved to you legally as with all
the necessary documentary approvals in your name. However, you would be
required to show some proof of claim which I will provide you with and also
guide you on how to make your applications.

Do give me a reply so that I can send you detailed information on the
modalities of my proposition. I completely trust you to keep this
proposition absolutely confidential.

Please forward to me on acceptance of this proposal,your private telephone
and fax number including the country code and area codes, your complete
names,and private email address for effective communication.

I can be reached through my personal email address below:

richardmartin@iol.pt

Best Regards,
Richard Martins

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