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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:
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447005805827 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447005805872 (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.
  • gormyth-attorneys@mail.vu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • gormyth-attorneys@crawler.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CPolk37276@aol.com
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:32:06 EDT
Subject: Please Acknowledge Receipt!!!


From: _gormyth-attorneys@mail.vu_ (mailto:gormyth-attorneys@mail.vu)
Reply To: _gormyth-attorneys@crawler.com_
(mailto:gormyth-attorneys@crawler.com) Hello,

It gives me a great deal of pleasure to write you this mail
and even when it might come to you as a surprise, I hope you
find it of interest.

Let me first introduce myself.

I am Thomas Smyth, I was the personal attorney to Eng. Reynaldo Jr. Mabini

Lorenzana, a national of New zealand who used to work with an oil servicing

company here in United Kingdom after which was referred to as my client.

Eng. Reynaldo Lorenzana 38 years of age made a fixed deposit of fund Valued
at

USD$18,500,000 (Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars

Only) with a Security Company/Finance Firm here in U.K and unfortunately
lost

his life in an Egyptian charter plane Boeing 737 which crashed into the Red
Sea

early on January 3, 2004 shortly after taking off from the resort of Sharm
el-

Sheikh, killing all the 135 passengers and 13 crew members aboard, (View:

http://english.people.com.cn/200401/04/eng20040104_131791.shtml) He left no

clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except some vital documents related to the

deposit still in my possession.

Recently, the governing body of the Security Company/Finance Firm Contacted
me

on this matter, requesting that I should notify the next of kin of my late

client to claim the funds and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to make

claims to the Fund. I know that my client had no living next of kin but I
went

ahead and made several inquiries to his embassy to locate any of my late

clients extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.

Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I seek your consent to
present

you as the next of kin so that my late client's fund will not be confiscated
by

the Security Company. You and I can invest the money, you will be entitled
to

45% of the total fund/investment for your role as the relative and next of
kin

of my late client, while 55% is for me.


Be informed that there is no risk involved as all necessary legal Document

which will be used to back you up as the legal beneficiary and next of kin
of

my late client will be procured. All I require is your sincerity, honesty,
co-

operation and utmost good faith to enable us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will

protect you from any breach of the law. Kindly, get in touch with me on my
e-mail to discuss further. You may also send your telephone number so that I

can call you, or better still, you call me . Do not forget that a
transaction

of this magnitude require utmost confidentiality and sincerity.

I look forward to your urgent response.

Thomas Smyth
Tel:+447005805827
Fax: +447005805872
EMAIL: gormyth-attorneys@ispey.com




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