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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Sir Brian Moffat <brian_mandate50@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <bmoffat17096@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:53:33 -0400
Subject: Expecting Your Response As Regards


Hello, I know this message will come to you as a suprise but neverthless I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the will beneficiary to Mrs. Sigrid Fassnacht, a foreign contractor from Cologne, Germany who died on a plane crash on July 31st 2000 with her husband Rudi Fassnacht. Her husband and their two children also perished in the air France Concorde New York bound flight; please click here for verification.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmBefore her death, she was a contractor to British National Petroleum Co-operation (BNPC) and has a bank balance with my bank to the tune of (30 million pounds sterling GBP) which will be paid to you as her will beneficiary. For your information, i got your contact details through the British Chambers of Commerce and Torism.The board of directors of the Bank which I am also a member,mandated me to look for any known relation of Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht, since after her death. However, all my efforts traces abortive, that is the main reason I am writing you this to ask for your co-operation for us to claim this money because it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit and invest it, because if nobody comes forward to claim the fund it will be forfeited to the government,based on that I have contacted you to assist me in making this transaction a reality. I only have to approve you as the next of kin/will beneficiary and the fund will be paid to you as the beneficiary. We are to share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% to charity and the tsunami victims if you are really interested in this offer you should contact me through this email address:bmoffat17096@yahoo.co.ukFor detail of this transaction and procedures, please do forward me your full address, phone number/mobile number,your company name or occupation these info will enable me to get all legal documents in your favor on your acceptance to fully co-operate with me. I await your urgent response to enable us jumpstart this project and nurture it to reality. Yours faithfully,Sir Brian Moffat
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