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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 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.
  • +447024029339 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031954471 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: PAUL FREEMAN <servcice28@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <servcice55@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:09:19 -0600
Subject: EMAIL FROM PAUL FREEMAN



Dear, Sir/Madam

My name is Paul A. Freeman a banker by profession here in London-England; we had a Mr. Christian Eich, customer that had a deposit of US$25.5M (Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) before his Death in a plane crash with his wife and two children about 5years now (July 31, 2000) and since his death no one has surfaced to lay claim on the transfer of the said deposit, this you can confirm from the following link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm

The policy of the Bank however stipulates a limited time period for such inheritance to be made or the fund will be written off going by the record of the incident, the time limit for the claim is closing up. In this consideration, I am contacting you to seek your kind understanding and sincere co-operation to claim this inheritance for our mutual benefit.

If you can stand as the next of kin in this project, success is assured because I am in possession of the personal file jacket of the deceased which contains every needed information about the account and the deceased. You and I stand no risk of any kind because I have enough information to support you in claiming the inheritance. The proceed of the transaction will be shared 50% each after Expenses are reimbursed.

Kindly indicate your willingness by return email and we shall proceed with the initial step for the claim.

Best Regards,Mr. Paul FreemanI Cabot Square , London E14 4QJ United Kingdom
Tel: +44 703 195 4471
+447024029339, +44 1 216 187 180,
Fax: 44 8 709126340


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