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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.
  • drjose_456@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jose alvarez" <joseav_08@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:02:54 +0000
Subject: hello

Dr Jose Alvarez,
Banco De Valencia,
Spain.

I am Dr. Jose Alvarez head of Auditing, Banco de Valencia, Valencia Spain.
On Wednesday 19 April,2000 one Mr.Andreas Schranna,German National,a
property magnate,whom I was his accounting officer made a numbered
time(Fixed)Deposit,valued at $6,550,000.00 (Six Million,Five Hundred and
Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) for twelve calender months in my Bank
Branch.

Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
that Mr.Andreas Schranna,his wife and only daughter was aboard the AF4590
plane,which crashed Monday, 31 July,2000 into the Hotelissimo.

You can read more about the crash on visiting this site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

My investigation, proved that he died with his supposed next of kin(the
daughte r Mrs.Andrea Eich) in the crash.The total sum,$6,550,000.00 is still
in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim
it.Consequently, I shall present you to stand in as the next of kin to the
late Mr.Andreas Schranna.

Consequently,Upon acceptance of this proposal,I will give you a detailed
information on how this deal would be carried out.The money will be shared
in the ratio: sixty five percent(65%) for me,thirty five percent(35%)for
you.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the
Bank's head of Auditors and his accounting officer to secure approvals and
guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required.Contact me
on my private email:drjose_456@yahoo.co.uk

On your reply include:

a.Your full name
b.Private telephone number
c.Private fax number
d.Private email

Until you write,have a nice day and God bless.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jose Alvarez.

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