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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 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.
  • phmitchell89@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "philip" <philip9897@excite.com>
Reply-To: m_philip009@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 22:28:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FROM MR PHILIP






















FROM MR PHILIP LOCATION: SCOTLAND,UNITED KINGDOM.

Good Day

I am Mr. Philip mitchell,the executive auditor and head of computing department of bank of Scotland here in 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 was an Australian who was a chemical enginer by profession died since 1996.No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it.After further investigation it was 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, 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,from both parties might have incurred during the process of this transaction.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 I will then start to process the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.Kindly reply me explaining your interest. So that i can feed you with more details of the transaction. I awaits your response. Reply through this my private e-mail (phmitchell89@yahoo.co.uk

Regards,Philip mitchell





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