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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • +447024022875 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Gary Maxey" <dr_garymaxey2008@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:23:11 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION GET BACK TO ME .......



From: Dr.Gary Maxey
#31 Council of Churches
P O Box 62098 Marshalltown
2107 United Kingdom
Tel"+447024022875

RE-TRANSFER OF £52,954,000.00 {Fifty Two Million Nine
Hundred And Fifty Four Thousand British Pounds Sterling}

Good day.

I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach
to starting a relationship. I am Dr.Gary Maxey, the personal
account officer to the great late diseased who has an
account in one of the top banks here in London, United
Kingdom.

The account was opened in 2002 and he died in 2004 without a
written or oral WILL and since 2004 nobody has operated on
this account again hence the money is floating, and if I do
not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for
nothing, and Government of United Kingdom will confiscate
the funds for their personal use which I personally don't
want such incident to happen being that this is a great
opportunity in my life.

My contact is for you to please assist me to transfer the
fund {£52,954,000.00} from a Cooperate Bank here in UK to
an oversea account. First, I must solicit your strictest
confidence in this transaction.

This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly
confidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability
and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great
magnitude. I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer
the said amount into your safe account for onward
investment.

You can either provide us with an existing account or to set
up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money,
even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long
as you will remain honest to me till the end of this
important business, trusting in you and believing in God
that you will never let me down in future because this
business is my life.

The owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person
knows about this account or anything concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was
the manager of the company. My investigation through the
National immigration department and Ministries here proved
to me as well that he was single as at the time of his entry
into the United Kingdom. As a matter of fact, I have decided
to transfer this fund abroad for investment.

Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the
management of the bank will welcome any foreigner who has
correct information to this account which I will give to you
immediately, We will start the first transfer with Forty
Million {£32,000,000.00}.

Upon successful transfer without any disappointment from
your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the
remaining balance of {£20, 954,000.00} to your account. I
am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
cannot be approved to a local person here due to law in
United Kingdom.

If you are interested, please forward the following
information as below:

{1} Your Name/company's name and full address,
{2} Bank Name:............ ..........
{3} Bank Address.....................
{4} Account No:......................
{5} Swift Code...{if any}
{6} Account Holder's Name: ....................
{7} Your telephone Number.both Home, Office &
Cell/Mobile and fax Numbers.........................
{8} Your Occupation..............
{9} Your Valid ID ...................

Upon the receipt of the above details, payment will be
activated by the feeding of your data into payment system,
followed by a signal that will be sent to the paying bank to
remit the funds into your nominated bank account within 7
official working days of receipt of the above information.


Best Regards,
Dr.Gary Maxey

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