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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:

• 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.
  • +447094659604 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045706654 (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.
  • broker_erik@yahoo.se

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Fredrick Longman" <long_man09@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:07:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Our Business Deal.


Dear partner,
Thank you for your swift email response to my proposal.Before we proceed any further,i would suggest that you contact the Broker affiliated to the bank where i work the authenticity of the information which i sent to you. Please contact the boker via : broker_erik@yahoo.se
Contact person:Erik Lennart,Tel:+44 70457 06654
The name of the customer you are to make inquiries about is Ms.Shirley Van Dirk and she left behind after her death the sum of £16million GBP.Please act like you are the maternal cousin to the deceased and that you wish to find out the status of her funds with the bank and the process to lay claim on it.
As soon as you confirm i will tell you the next step.I do hope that i can trust you and please ensure that you do not mention my involvement in this project to any one in the bank or i might lose my job! I expect your immediate action as soon as you get this email.God bless.

Fred Longman.
+447094659604

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