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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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 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.
  • johnfing_001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "john fingleton" <xfing273@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnfing_11@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:11:44 +0100
Subject: BACK TO ME

Dear ,


I am making this contact with you in good faith, my
name is Mr John Fingleton,working i the United Kingdom
as the personal accounting officer/Domestic Staff
to my late client,a national of your country, who used
to work with Jordans Limited here in United Kingdom.
Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On
the 21st of April 2004, my client, his wife And their
three children were involved in a car accident. All
occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made
several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives this has also proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his surname over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in
repartrating the money and property left behind by my
client before they get confisicated
or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposits were lodged. Particularly,the Bank where the
deceased had an account valued at about 9.5million
pounds has issued me a notice as his accounting
officer to provide the next of kin or have the account
confisicated within the next ten official working
days. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased since
you have the same surname so that the proceeds of this
account valued at 9.5million pounds can be paid to
you and then you and me can share the money.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND CAPABLE TO CARRY OUT
THIS DEAL WITH ME, I WILL ADVISE YOU TO SEND ME YOUR
FULL NAME, YOUR FULL HOME ADDRESS,YOUR PRIVATE
PHONE/FAX NUMBERS, I CAN REACH YOU DIRECTLY. NOTE THAT
WE CAN CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITHIN 2 WEEKS YOU APPLIED
FOR THE CLAIM. I HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE YOU A SHARE OF
40% OF THE TOTAL MONEY AND I WILL TAKE 60%.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make. All I require is
your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by
my email or through my alternate email address
johnfing_001@yahoo.co.uk

Best regards,

Mr John Fingleton

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