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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.
• 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.
  • +447949378751
• 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.
  • morrismartins@microcamp.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "morrisdom05@terra.es" <morrisdom05@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:49:14 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Urgent



Dear Sir / Ceo,

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. I am Mr. Morris Martins, a personal assistant to Mr.Wallter Hangal,the managing director of WALTER TUBE COMPANY LONDON England.


I am Mr.Wallter Hangal's personal assistant for six years now; Mr.Wallter Hangal has a beautiful wife Mrs. Cathrine Hangal and three children. Mr.Wallter Hangal is the managing director of WALTER TUBE COMPANY LONDON ENGLAND, Mr.Wallter Hangal is 68 years old, Mr.Wallter Hangal was From_Germany, who unfortunately died in tsunami incident on 26th December 2004. You will read more stories about the tsunami victims on visiting
this Click on the website below: website, www.ems.narenthorn.thaigov.net/tsunami_e/tsunamilist.php?.


Mr.Wallter Hangal died in tsunami incident in Thailand together with his wife and three blessed children on 26th December 2004, since after the incident I have been trying to locate any of his relation or brother,I later discovered that Mr.Wallter Hangal is the only issue to his family.

Before his death on 26th December 2004 Mr.Wallter Hangal left with a bank/security company a total sum of 4 million Pounds. I came across your name and contact, on the course of my personal searching for reliable and honest person whom will transact this business with me so i decided to contact you for this project.


I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left behind in a fixed deposit account by Mr.Wallter Hangal before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the company.

The board of the directors in the Bank has issued a notice that after 2 months from now and no next of kin shown up for the claim, the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable.


Since I the personal assistant have been unsuccessful in locating Mr.Wallter Hangal's relatives for sometime now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceed of this deposit valued at ?17Million Pounds can be released to you.

The company will release the funds to any foreigner who has all related information/documents of Mr.Wallter Hangal .

I myself have successfully gotten all the necessary documents and contacts of his account with the bank, Your application will be directed to his account officer department For verification and approval. Everything is under my control.
I shall Provide you all the information and copy of the certificate of deposit issued to Mr.Wallter Hangal when he deposited the funds in the Bank in London.

I shall also involve a good attorney who shall represent you in all the appropriate offices for the claim. I shall destroy all the documents used for the claim and leave no traces. After everything, you shall have 30% of the total sum, while 70% for me. All requires is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this business successful.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Mr.Wallter Hangal was a very good man and it is not wise to allow his hard earned wealth to be stolen by the reedy directors of the bank. Further details awaits your response by email (morrismartins@microcamp.com.br).

Please treat this proposal very strictly and confidential.Call me on my direct phone +447949378751.

Best Regards and God bless you.




Mr. Morris Martins.







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