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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 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.
  • +447024067471 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • peter_cummings2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mrpeter_cummings2007@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Peter Cummings"<9mrc000001@myway.com>
Reply-To: mrpetercummings1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 21:45:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Attention !!!!


Attention !!!!From Mr.Peter Cummings,My private tell number (+44 7024067471)Contact&lt;peter_cummings2007@yahoo.co.uk&gt; Can I Trust You !!!!!!First of all,i am Mr.Peter Cummings,the executive auditor and head of computing department here in bank of Scotland United Kingdom.I got your e-mail address on line,as i was searching for a reliable and capable person to do this business with.So,i have an obscured business suggestion for you.I am the personal account officer to a great late Engineer who has an account in one of the top banks here in united kingdom.His names is Late Mr. John Hughes,an Australian who was a chemical enginer by profession died since 1998.No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it.After further investigation i also discovered that Mr. John Hughes's has no other beneficiary and my investigation proves to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is thirty Million Pounds Sterling
(£30,000,000.00). I am contacting you to stand and act as the next of kin to Mr. John Hughes,since,this transaction is 100% risky free. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount,while 60% will be for me and 5% incase of any expenses.Both parties shall be incurred in this transaction,only if you can be honest and reliable to me. However,can you be trust worthy? 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 and that the money will be intact pending my phisical arrival in your country for sharing and other investments. I will then start to process the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.If we can be fast this fund will only take few days to be transfered into your account.And i will be in your country immediately the fund is transfered into your account for the withrawing and sharing of the money in your bank.Kindly reply me explaining your
interest,or call me on my mobile +44 7024067471. So that i can feed you with more details of the transaction. I awaits your response. Reply through this my private= mrpeter_cummings2007@yahoo.co.uk Regards,Peter Cummings.

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