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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:
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • +447031843712 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Grant Kvalheim" <mrgrantv@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <grantkvalheimoffice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:19:33 +0000
Subject: CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.






















I am Mr. Grant Kvalheim top senior bank official of the foreign remittance department Amalgamated bank in London (affiliated with Barclays bank London )
http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/fininfo/Grant_Kvalheim_Barclays_Bank_PLC.html

I am in charge of the federal reserves account and auditing ,during the course of auditing some account, I discovered that a particular account has been lying dormant for some time, and this account was used by the military back in 1998-/2000,the total some in that account is $25.5m dollars.

Finally the reason why I contacted you is that I don’t want the Government and my bank to know that I discovered such huge amount in a dormant account, one good thing is that I use my position here to transfer this fund into your bank account through amalgamated internet banking online. Please if you are interested to assist me transferring the money into your bank account feel free to contact me via this email address or Tel: +44 703 184 3712. Waiting to hear from you
RegardsMr. Grant Kvalheim
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