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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trust is our watchword" (the question is not whether they can trust you, but whether you have any reason to trust this person or anyone this person tells you to contact)
  • "million british pounds" (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.
• 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.
  • wilandre60@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: "wilandre.hsbc@terra.es" <wilandre.hsbc@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:27:11 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: FROM TRUSTEE DEPT HSBC BANK PLC LONDON




FROM TRUSTEE DEPT HSBC BANK PLC LONDON
From The Desk of: Andre A Williams
Head of Trustee and Depository
Institutional Fund Services.
HSBC Bank Plc 24th Floor
8 Canada Square
London E14 5hq.=20


I am a staff of HSBC Bank London. I am writing following an opportunity in =
my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department i=
discovered an abandoned sum of =C2=A312.5 million British Pounds Sterling =
(Twelve million five hundred thousand British Pounds) in an account that wa=
s deposited by one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an Ame=
rican who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of AlaskaAirlines =
Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only da=
ughter. You shall=20
read more about the crash on visiting this site.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next=
=20
of kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because we cannot relea=
se it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the dece=
ased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately I learnt that hi=
s supposed next of kin being his only daughter died along with him in the p=
lane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the cl=
aim.
I will agree to share with you on an agreed percentage for your partnership=
in this business which i will prefer to call a deal if you agree to show u=
p as next of kin. Every documentation will be taken care of. Please be hone=
st with me as trust is our watchword in this transaction. Note this transac=
tion is confidential and risk free,as soon as you receive this mail you sho=
uld contact me by return mail. Please note that all necessary arrangements =
for the smooth release of these funds to you have been finalised. We will d=
iscuss much in details when I do receive your response.

Do email me back with your full contact details on your full understanding =
and acceptance of your role in this mutually benefiting project.

Please, again, note I am a family man, I have wife and children. I send
you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the=20
consequences,
but I know within me that nothing ventured is
nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a
platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private
banking clients.=20

Do not betray my confidence.
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: wilandre60@aol.com
Sincerely,

Andre Williams





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