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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:
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • drconville@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Coline McConville." <conville13@excite.com>
Reply-To: conville91@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:40:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: BANK STATEMENT



The Auditor/Head
of Department
Royal Bank of Scotland,
United Kingdom.
_______________________________________________
Dear partner,
In order to transfer out {fifteen-million pounds sterlings} from our
bank here in London.I want to look for a reliable person who will be
capable of handling this transaction.
I am Dr.Coline McConville the Chief Executive auditor of a bank here in Scotland United Kingdom.There was account opened in this bank in 1998 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again up to date.After going through some old files in the records,i discovered that if i do not remitt this money urgently,it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account is Mr Hughes foreigner and the manager of petrol chemical service here in london,he died since 2003.And since then,nobody knows about this account.The account has no other beneficiary and the money involved is {£15,000,000.00}pounds sterlings. When the transfer is approved i want us to see at oversea paying clearance office face to face or signing of the original bindding agreement to bind us together so that, we can receive this money into your account where the fund will be remitted.The management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which i
will give you when sure of your capability to handle such amount I will use my position to destroy any true documents belongs to this account for our sake.And i will make sure that this money is transferred to your account.With assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival to your country for sharing and other investments.80% belongs to me. while 15% will be yours.while 5% will be for expenses reply if interested to my private mail box (drconville@yahoo.co.uk)
Dr Coline McConville




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