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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mike Holt" <mikeh1@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: "Mike Holt" <holtmike1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:19:51 +0200
Subject: PROPOSAL

Good day,

Please, I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to
you My name is Mr Mike Holt an accounts officer with a
reputable bank here in LONDON.

I wish to know if we can work together.I would like you to stand as
the next of kin to my deceased client He used to work with Sacyr-Vallehermoso SA in Madrid, Spain. His wife and their three children were killed in the terrorist blast in Madrid, Spain in March, 2004, more detail in link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3503184.stm

He made some deposits to my bank amounting to ($10.5m) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.

He died without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now
have an open beneficiary mandate.
If you are interested you do let me know so that I can give you
comprehensive details on what we are to do, I urgently hope to get your
response as soon as possible and also include the following details.

Your Full Names/Mailing Address/Telephone and Fax Numbers.
Best regards,

Mike Holt.

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