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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 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.
  • +447045740254 (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.
  • ogechi_gray@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "gilbertgray1@terra.es" <gilbertgray1@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:16:26 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION





FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION





We wish to notify you again that you were listed as a beneficiary to the to=
tal sum of =C2=A35,600,000.00GBP (Five million Six hundred thousand British=
Pounds) in the intent of the deceased (name now witheld since this is our =
second letter to you). We contacted you because you bear the surname identi=
ty and therefore can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance sin=
ce there is no written will.=20





Our legal services aim to provide our private clients with a complete servi=
ce. We are happy to prepare wills, set-up and administer Trusts,carry out t=
he administration of estates and prepare and administer powers of attorney.=
=20





All the papers will be processed in your acceptance of this deal, your curr=
ent telephone and fax numbers and a forwarding address will be needed to en=
able us file necessary documents.=20





Please do reply to my personal email address (ogechi_gray@yahoo.fr) for fur=
ther correspondence=20





Yours faithfully=20





Gilbert O. Gray=20





+44 704 574 0254





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