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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "million 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: richman Markinson <richmanmarkinson1@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: richmanmark1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:07:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: VERY URGENT PLEASE



Dear Sir,
My writing to you should be surprising but it’s not a mistake
because I believe that I could confide in you on this business deal which
would be highly beneficial to both of us only that you should promise
me that you would not disappoint me at the conclusion of this deal. The
main reason why I am contacting you today is to seek your assistance
but firstly let me introduce myself before proceeding to the purpose of
this letter.
I am Richman Mark from Dublin in the Republic of Ireland and I
worked as a personal assistant and attorney to one Engr. Martin Foster
who died of cardiac arrest on the 10th of March, 2006.I was so close to
him that on the 27th of June 2005,before his untimely death; he
deposited the sum of Ten Million Dollars (US$10 M) in the custody of a
Security Company in London and this deposit was made known to me alone.
The problem now is that the Security Company has written to me several
times requesting that I provide the beneficiary to the deposited fund
hence the real depositor is dead.
I would have claimed the money but the company already knows me as
the late Engineer's attorney and personal assistant. So that is why I
am contacting you just to present you as the bona fide beneficiary to
the said fund and I would provide all necessary documents to back up the
claim but you must promise me that you won’t disappear into tin air
by the time the fund is remitted into you account and also bare in mind
that you would be entitled to 35% of the said fund, though the
percentage sharing is negotiable. Please signify your interest by getting back
to me as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Richman Mark
NB:The security company have branches in Malaysia and China


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