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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447040110197 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • mr_peterben00078@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter ben" <peterbe1212112312131@iwon.com>
Reply-To: MR_PETERBEN00078@YAHOO.CO.UK
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:52:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


The Auditor/Headof DepartmentRoyal Bank ofScotland,United Kingdom.+44-7040-110197(Great Opportunity Very Urgent and Confidential)_______________________________________________Dear Friend,I want to transfer out £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Pounds Sterling) from our bank here,I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important transaction, believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to any local bank here in Scotland, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is pounds sterlings and the former owner of the account is John Hughes and he was a foreigner too.I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign account as the real beneficiary.At the conclusion of this business, you will
be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process.Send me as a matter of urgent for onward processing:(1) Your Private: Tele&amp; Fax Number(2) Your Account: Number(3) Your Account: Name(4) Your Bank: Address(5) Your Bank: Name(6) Your PassportI await your earliest reply,Thanks.Sincerely,MR. PETER BENPRIVATE EMAIL: MR_PETERBEN00078@YAHOO.CO.UK

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