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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447045707403 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR JAMES BILL" <drjamesbill2005@excite.com>
Reply-To: DRJAMESBILL2006@YAHOO.CO.UK
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:45:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From Dr.James Bill.






Dear Confidant,My name is Dr.James Bill,an auditor/Consultant with one of the Finance Companies here in Europe.Your Co-operation/Partnership is needed for investment in your country,I have decided to contact you due to the urgency this transaction requires,please do respond urgently. A Foreigner,an American to be precise,late Mr Morris Thompson,who died in the 2000 Alaska plane crash had a deposit totalling US$28Million with a Finance House which I am attached to here in Europe,he was a frontline crude oil Merchant and an Estate Magnate who eventually died without an oral or written 'WILL,the deposit was due for 12 calendar months,and upon maturity several effort was made to reach him as to notify him about his deposit but without any success, I decided to deeply investigate why it was exrtremely impossible to reach him,only to discover that he,his wife Thelma and only child Sheryl perished in the said plane crash,you can get more details about the crash on the website;
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of the Late Mr Morris Thompson's next of kin,according to the immigration data available to the Company,that the Management,under the influence of our Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors,started arrangements for the fund to be decleared "Unclaimed if nobody comes up for claims.The company is ready and will not hesitate to release the said fund to any foreigner who comes up with useful and accurate information about the late Morris Thompson's fund.I shall provide you with all accurate information and documents relating to the fund if I have your assurance that you can handle this transaction with me,and also that you will keep all information about this deal very confidential until the fund is successfully released from the vault as planned. Awaiting your urgent reply.Dr.James BillDirect Tel:+447045707403.

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