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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million pounds" (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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • paulraymondprivate_2009@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paul raymond <paulraymondxx17@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: paulraymondprivate_2008@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:48:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Contacting you


Hello,
My name is Dr Paul Raymond, Regional Head of British Isles (Royal Bank
ofCanada Investment Management (UK) Limited).I am writing in respect
of aSwitzerland British Citizen and customer of my bank Mr. Victor
Ratnavale,who died together with his wife in a Plane crash on Monday
7th September1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to
Geneva.
Please see
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html
formore information.The late Mr. Victor Ratnavale left in our bank the
sum
of twenty five
million five hundred thousand pounds (25.5 million pounds) and nobody
willever come for this money because he died with his entire family. I
am the only person that is aware of this money since Mr. Victor
Ratnavale
did notgive to my bank any next of kin to inherit his money.
Now, I want to use my position in the bank to transfer this money to
yourcountry for investment. If you can provide me with an account
where I can transfer this (twenty five million five hundred thousand
pounds)25.5million pounds. I will give you 40% of this entire fund
while the
remaining 50% shall be for me, extra 10% will be for transfer charges.
I am hoping to get a favourable response from you through my private
E-mail: paulraymondprivate_2009@yahoo.com.hk
Regards,
Dr Paul Raymond.






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