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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:
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER" <drpeterjames2002@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 05:48:41 -0500 (EST)
Subject: APPRECIATION/INFORMATION


ATTN:BALBINDA SINGH, Thank you so much for your mail, i am indeed very grateful for the zeal you have to help me realise my proposal.I got your email via internet serch of a foreign pertner who will help me actualise this dream and proceed to do more.I am a staff of the Banco Sabadell Atlantico here in Madrid Spain, still in active service with the bank due to my position i will always prefer us to communicate via email therefore calling you will be very difficult as this is a deal with uthmost confidentiality and top seckret, my prefered means of communication is this my private and confidential email account.The said fund is on a dormat account waiting for transfer whenever any reliable next of kin contact the bank for claim. In this case i will want you to send me your full names,age, occupation,country,address,sex,telephone number and pasport number if there is any,so that i can prepare a power of attorney in your name so that you will have the full legal backing to this
said consignment, i will also like to have your fax number as i may send the documents to you via fax, and if am outside the country i can call you on the phone number which you will send to me in your next reply, as soon as i have all this informaation i shall provide you with the bank information so that you can get in contact with them so that they will be aware that you are representing MICHAEL ANDERSON as the beneficiary/ next of kin. I am willing to give you 40% to you for all your help and assistance , i shall be expecting your urgent response so that we can proceed immediatly Best Regards.DR PETER JAMES.

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