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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "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 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.
  • rjclarkson1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ROBERT CLARKSON <rjclarkson1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rjclarkson1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:51:13 -0600
Subject: Business Proposal



From The Office Of
The Financial Adviser
Mr. Robert Clarkson.
For the Prime Minister,
Mr.Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri.

Dear Sir/Madam,
Compliments of the day.

I am Mr. Robert Clarkson, a staff of ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND.I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition to help me retrieve the sum of £1.950m, (One million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand British pounds), into your nominated bank account, Thereafter I will visit your country for the mutual sharing between both of us, believing that you will never let me down after Our bank must has been transferred this money in your bank.

I am financial adviser to the Late Prime Minister, Mr. Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri, who died on the 14nt Feb 2005.He has a huge investment here in the ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, which he deposited the sum of £1.950m, (One million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand British pounds), with an intent of putting up a stone quarry company here in Scotland.

However, my Investigation proved to me as well that his family or company do not know anything about this deposit except I, who is the financial adviser. There is no risk involved as I will use my position to get this money released to you as the relative to our Late client with the needed legal documents which will back up the transaction, The most important thing I would need is your honest cooperation in this proposition.

This would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law. Please contact me at once you receive this Message with the E-mail address below for us to precede.

E-mail Address: rjclarkson1@gmail.com

For more information please log on to view this website of the Late Minister of Lebanon. http://www.hariri.info

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter, Looking forward to hearing from you as a matter of urgency with kind
Regards from,

Mr. Robert Clarkson.

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