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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447031890184 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031890355 (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.
  • daveauditor@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dave miller" <daveauditor@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:26:15 +0100
Subject: Hsbc Bank is satisfy now with only one paper in clearing house london

 

HSBC's world headquartersLONDON: Global bank HSBC OFFSHORE BANK
HEAD QUARTER BRITISH
BOX 1126 LONDON
PHONE :+44-7031890184
PHONE: +44-7031890355
REPLY  ME  AT  EMAIL>  daveauditor@hotmail.com

 

ATTN  SIR  Friend.

 

This  is  hsbc  bank  auditor.

 

the  reason  why  we  have  be  contacting  is  because  your  transfer  fund  was  highly  legitimate  that  is  why  we  dont  want  your  transfer  fund  to  get  lost.

 

i  would  advise  you  as  auditor  of  Hsbc  Bank  London  that  charles  soludo  has  make  all  the  paper  consign  your  transfer  fund  down  now  according  to  him.

 

let  me  advise  you  again  that  our  Hsbc  bank  dont  want  any  money  from  you  unless  this  single  paper  from  charles  soludo  which  our  clearing  house  shall  attach  to  your  file  for  the  final  transfer  of  your  money.

 

you  are  free  now  to  contact  charles  soludo  because  this  time  around  i  have  already  sit  to  make  sure  you  will  get  your  transfer  before  any  meeting  abroad  shall  be  attend.

 

so  kindly  contact   charles  soludo  because  your  dream  shall  become  true.

 

thanks  Dave  miller  the  auditor.

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