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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "to 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)
  • "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)
  • "30% for you " (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 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.
  • +27839510312 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • rickgraff@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rickgrafff@myway.com
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:28:48 +0200
Subject: MR. Richard A. Grafmyre

ATTN; Director
Good Day, I am MR. Richard A. Grafmyre, Senior Credit Officer of
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA . Here is a 100% concealed and
mutually profitable business proposal for you. After the United States
and Iraqi war, our client Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah who was the deputy
governor of Baghdad in Iraq and also business man made a numbered fixed
deposit for 12 calendar months, with a value of Twenty Five million
U.S DOLLARS only in my branch. Upon
maturity several notices were
sent to him, even in the first quarter of this year .Again another
notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later
found out that the Deputy Governor has been assassinated in Baghdad.

The websites below is a proof and verification of the news about his
death:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-
/1/hi/world/middle_east/3970619.stm
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.
org/article.php?id=6979

After further investigation it was also
discovered that Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah did not declare any next of kin
in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit.
And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no
one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Five million
British pounds is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come
forward to claim it. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is
that I will like you as a neutral person to stand in as the next of kin
to Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah so that you will be able to receive his
funds with my aid as the insider. THE PREREQUISITE OF
THIS PROJECT:I
want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we come
out successful. I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the
necessary documents that will back you up as the next of kin to Hatem
Kamil Abdul Fatah, all that is required from you NOW is for you to
provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can
prepare the documents with your name. After you have been made the next
of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and
secure the necessary approvals and letter of probate in your favor for
the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by
you.

There are no risks involved in the matter as we are going adopt a
legalized method and the attorney will prepare all necessary documents.
Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning
this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank
account we shall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 30% for you and 10%
for any expenses incurred during the course of this operation. Should
you be interested, please send me your full particulars including your
private phone and/or fax numbers for easy communication, and I will
provide you with more details of this operation as well as my
particulars.

I AWAIT A MAIL IN RESPONSE TO THIS MAIL THROUGH MY
EMAIL : rickgraff@myway.com
Private Phone:+27839510312
Kind Regards,
MR. Richard A. Grafmyre

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