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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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "DANIEL.B. COLEMAN" <coldaniel44@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: danielco@myway.com
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 13:45:53 +0100
Subject: I AM DANIEL.B.COLEMAN MANAGER UBS INVESTMENT BANK, LONDON.

FROM:DANIEL.B.COLEMAN
UBS INVESTMENT BANK
WEBSITE:WWW.IBB.UBS.COM

SIR/MADAM,
I DECIDED TO REACH YOU DIRECTLY AND PERSONALLY.PLEASE PERMIT ME TO
INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS DANIEL.B.COLEMAN.I AM THE JOINT GLOBAL HEAD OF
EQUITIES AND ALSO THE RISK MANAGER OF UBS INVESTMENT BANK LONDON.I AM
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL RISK AND FINANCIAL POLICIES AT THE BANK.I AM COMPELLED
TO CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY AFTER DUE CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING A CONFIDENTIAL
MATTER.
IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT OF MY PERSON,KINDLY VISIT UBS INVESTMENT BANK MANAGEMENT
PROFILE:(http://www.ibb.ubs.com/Meet_our_mngmt/dan_coleman.shtml) FOR
COMFIRMATION.IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTY,I STUMBLED ON THIS DOMICILIARY
ACCOUNT THAT HAS REMAINED DORMANT FOR THREE YEARS WITH THE TOTAL SUM OF
EIGHT MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED & NINETY HOUSAND(8,490,000.00 GBP) GREAT BRITISH
POUND STERLING.I CONTACTED THE BANK MANAGEMENT AND WE SENT OUT STAFFS FOR
ENQUIRIES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ACCOUNT HOLDER DIED IN AN ACCIDENT.
I AM WRITING YOU TO PLEASE STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE ACCOUNT SO THAT
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO REMIT THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN,I HAVE
MADE ENQUIRIES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FUND OWNER DIED TOGETHER WITH HIS
FAMILES AND NO NEXT OF KIN WAS LEFT.I AM THE ONLY PERSON THAT KNOWS ABOUT
THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE I AM THE RISK MANAGER AND THIS IS THE REASON I AM
CONTACTING YOU TO ACT AS NEXT OF KIN TO THE FUND OWNER. I HAVE CERTIFIED MY
ONSCIENCE TO COMPENSATE YOU ADEQUATELY AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION.ALSO,I
DO NEED TO INFORM YOU THAT THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED IN THIS. IT
IS GOING TO BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.I
GUARANTEE THIS TRANSACTION UNDER LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENTS THAT WILL NOT
BREACH THE LAW BY BOTH PARTIES; IT IS A SIMPLE PROCESS WHICH WILL TAKE A
SHORT WHILE IF YOU ARE WILLING. IF I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL TELL YOU ALL YOU
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TRANSACTION.
GOD BLESS YOU
REGARDS,
DANIEL.B.COLEMAN
(JOINT GLOBAL HEAD OF EQUITIES & RISK MANAGER) UBS INVESTMENT BANK,
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.

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