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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +447024021204 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Vineyard Securities Agencies <vineyardsecuritiescompany@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 17:33:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE ON EXECUTION OF FUNDS TRANSFER TO " COMMERZBANK ACCOUNT (# 05388584).


ENGLAND SECURITY CONSULTATION DEPARTMENT..
ENGLAND VINEYARD SECURITIES AGENCIES.
ATTN :- MS. CLAUDINE BERG.
Good Day to you Ms Claudine,How are you doing and How was your just concluded weekend with members of your family,We the Management of the England Vineyard Securities Agencies are very much pleased and delighted to write to the related transfer issues binding the realization of your funds transfer on the regular provision of the bank transfer service charges to ensure the execution of your total deposited winning funds transfer via your most preferred mode of electronic funds Transfer to your personnal Bank Account of " COMMERZBANK ACCOUNT # 05388584 ROUTING CHECK NUMBER # 855715 " in Germany.

We the Management of the Vineyard Securities Agencies will like to use this medium to thank you for your last detailed message and will like to inform you that the bank and Security Company Contact Phone Numbers are as follows :- +44 7024021204,7024082924 and want to re-confirm to you that there has been progression on the execution of your funds transfer and will request at this stage that you send to us your Date of Birth as well as well as contact address in Germany for reference purposes and commence instantly to effect the requested payment of the bank transfer service charges to ensure the copy of payment receipts on service charges which will be sent to the Management of the bank transfer department to execute your deposited winning funds from the Domicilliary Account to ensure a highly secured funds transfer delivery to your banking account of " COMMERZBANK ACCOUNT # 05388584 ROUTING CHECK NUMBER # 855715 " in your favour in GERMANY.

Ms Claudine, We the Management of the bank transfer department will like to confirm to you that all adequate steps should be taken as well as the payments of the bank transfer service charges which should be sent via a mode of Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer using the following informations as requested to effect funds transfer as follows :-

SENDER'S NAME :- MRS. CLAUDINE BERG.
RECEIVER'S NAME :- MR. LONGDE LI.

COUNTRY :- U.S.A.
CODE :- +1

STATE :- MARYLAND.
CITY :- GAITHERSBURG.
CITY CODE :- (20878).

TOTAL BANK TRANSFER SERVICE CHARGES :- 470.00 EUROS.

We will like to inform you that as soon as All payments of the bank transfer charges has been effected,All details of payments should be sent via the email to ensure the releasal of all legal documents by the Appropriate Authorities to Approve all funds transfer and sort out all regulations on the EEC BANKING LAWS as well as German capital gains taxation which will be duly covered as well to ensure the approval and confirmation of lump sum transfer delivery as we are totally committed based on our services to ensure that all funds transfer is secured to your Account in Accordance to the Law.

NOTE :- Send your Date of Birth and Contact Address.

We thank you so much and your prompt and urgent response on receipt of this mail to ensure execution of funds transfer to your personnal Account.

Best Regards,

DR. OLIVERRA ERICSSON.
CONTROL AUCTION DEPARTMENT.
VINEYARD SECURITIES AGENCIES.








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