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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.
  
• 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.
  • +447045708946 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709747882 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: james ransome <james_ransome43@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jamesransome38@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:13:13 -0400
Subject: Ref: THTG/PBG/002/2000



The Heritage Trust Group,8,Caledonia Place,St Helier,Jersey JE4 9YLChannel Islands
Warm greetings!
I am James Ransome, Senior Credit Officer, Heritage Trust Group. I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.
I have a business proposition for you concerning one of our clients. This proposition is that which demands your utmost attention, committment and cooperation, which would be used aggressively to pursue results as we communicate along the way.
In my department we discovered that one of clients has a fund in a Trust Account withe The Heritage Trust Group.Late Mr. Harry Stasinos, an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. Please check the following website for further reference:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
A hint of this proposition however, is that in 1999, the subject matter; Ref: THTG/PBG/002/2000
I am prepared to release further details to you based on your response and communications.
Please respond through my direct email address or via my telephone and fax numbers for a better communication between us +44 7045 708 946.or fax number+44-8709-747-882
Yours truly,James Ransome
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