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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • phillip_brandson1959@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "phillip brandson" <phillipbrandson06@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: phillip_brandson1959@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:19:55 +0000
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE




Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr.Phillip Brandson a probate officer working with a Financial security
services company in Europe.I crave to inform you that the closure order
imposed in our Financial security services company by the European Union
Apex Financial Institution, was as a result of our Company's enability to
pay the newly increased Capital Minimum Base fee of 1.6 billion euro
authorised by the ( EUAFI).I and some top officials in the Company would
need your assistance to evacuate the sum of Thirty Five million Seven
Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($35.7m) into your Bank Account.The fund was
realised during our last company assets documentry assignment which I the
probate officer concluded and made hand over to the Insurance Company
(Liquidating Agency).These funds have been arranged in a customised
Diplomatic luggage for the sake of security purposes.

Please,If you are willing to assist us to safe guard these funds into your
Bank Account you will be offered 25% of the total amount while 75% will be
for us, tor later disbursement in your Country.If you have agreed to assist
you will provide these particulars through the below email
address:phillip_brandson1959@yahoo.com

(1)Your residential address.
(2)Your private phone/fax numbers.
(3)A scan photo copy of your International passport or Driving
licence,I D.
card.
(4)Occupation and Age.
These requirements is needed to prepare the power of Attorney that will
enable make claim of the fund.

Looking forward to hearing from.

Thanks & Regards,

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Phillip Brandson.

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