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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "transferred into your 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)
  • "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)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447031844221 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • dennistutu@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dennis tutuli <dennistutu45@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dennistutuli@latinmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:29:50 +0200
Subject: please help me



please help me
I know that this letter might be surprised to you, I will clarify you that everybody in the world is like brothers and sisters only that God made it to have difference language and countries, it’s only one day can person will know his or her companion for mutual relationship between them, I will like to expose my secret opportunity business of being rich between me and you, also your full assistant to make this business opportunity to come true. I am Dennis Tutuli, a husband to recently deceased Muriel Tutuli the junior sister to Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and my wife is a politician under UK Home Secretary. She died in motor accident on her way traveling to Aberdeen City for United Kingdom Congress meeting.
During her lifetime she deposited the sum of (GBP15, 000.000.00) fifteen million pounds starlings in the Barclays Bank of United Kingdom, which is her money from the share resources of UK Home Secretary and she told me about the money, but the only problem I have now is my brothers in law, they hate me from the beginning of my marriage to their sister because of we live together in good terms with love caring between us with two children one boy and one girl, now she has died living no will when she died at a spot in hospital, my wife’s brothers and sisters are seeking for the money but they don’t know the real grand on how to get the money, only that they are persecuting me to provide the money by treating my life and my children, that is why I am seriously looking for your full help to transfer this money into your bank account in your country for the safety of the money, because I will travel to your country with my children immediately the money is transferred into your account. Could you please indicate your interest to work with me for this purpose? I will be sending you my flight schedule as soon as I confirm my ticket. I thank God that I found you as the person who can help me in this condition, because if I make use of the money here in United Kingdom they will get me arrested for investing the money near them, that is why I want you to help me transfer the money as you will be the next of kin, I have gone to the Barclays Bank of United Kingdom were the money was deposited to make all the inquiries on how to transfer the money to any foreign account with documents that involved on it as the original beneficiary of the money, once the money is transferred into your bank account. For the trust you have on me to do this opportunity business of being rich I will give you 30% of the total sum, please I will like you to keep the top secret of the transaction till when the money get into your account, Please reply me with my private email address for more details on how to transfer the money into your bank account in your country. And your private telephone number, your name and your address is needed for easy communication Private email is dennistutu@hotmail.com Yours truly, Mr. Dennis Lutuli,Mobile: +447031844221
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