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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 sum of money" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mr.robert33@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Robert Blanc" <mr.robert35@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:16:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Robert


Hello,

My name is Mr. Robert Le Blanc, the Operational Manager of Credit Suisse Bank in United Kingdom, I here solicit for your strictly confidence on a good business transaction involving a huge sum of money from a deceased foreign customer Late Dr. Michael Woods;who unfortunately Lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.

He deposited this funds amounting to (Sixteen Million four Hundred and Ten Thousand United States Dollars) for safe keeping in the Bank here in London. Previously our filed record shows that the fund was actually for a project he wanted to start in the near future (a multi million Dollar steel planting in Florida, USA) before his sudden and untimely death.

Since his death know one of his relations or next-of-kin has come forward to claims this fund as the heir. So therefore I kindly seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased; because my bank will not release the money unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as Indicated in our operating guidelines.

Please I need your urgent co-operation because I do not want this money to go into the Bank Treasury. The UK banking policy and guideline stipulates that any unclaimed money belonging to a deceased person for the period of 5 years will be transferred into the Banks Treasury as an unclaimed debt. Consequently, I hope that my decision for contacting you will be given your genuine approval! Though I know that a business of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and curious considering the facts that you do not know me in person but I assure you that it is 100% risk free.

Please kindly reply my email by indicating your interest or wiliness on this deal and bear in mind that at the end of this business I will compensate you with 30% of the total money.Please, provide me the following: as we have 5 days to run it through. this is very very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name
2. Your private mobile telephone number for effective communication
3. Your Contact Address.
4.Reply by my office email adress for
urgent responce; mr.robert33@yahoo.co.uk

Best Regards,
Mr. Robert Le Blanc
Operational Manager
Credit suisse bank
One Cabot Square London E14 4QJ - United Kingdom



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