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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447045733753 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Eward Kennedy Esq" <edwardkennedy_ek@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:12:49 -0400
Subject: My Regards



PARTNER MANAGING
E.W. KENNEDY SOLICITORS
http://www.btinternet.com/~Kennedy.Solicitors
http://www.venables.co.uk/firmscotk.htm

Dear Recipient,

How are you today? This email may come to you as a surprise as
we have
not had a formal contact, please pardon me. I am Edward
Kennedy Esq, Personal /legal Assistant (Europe) to Mr. Mikhail
Khodorkovsky, who is a prominent Russian, and whom here in
after shall be referred to as my client.

I need your urgent assistance for a mutual business transaction.
Kindly reply me for more details on my secured email-
mredkennedy@live.com

Please do not disregard this mail. Thank you

Do call now: +44 70457-33753 .

Yours in Service,
E.W. KENNEDY ESQ.
Email: mredkennedy@live.com
Tell: +44 70457-33753 (private)
+44 70457 -98790



Disclaimer:
The content of this message is meant to be received by the
addressee only. Use of the content of this message by anyone
other than the addressee without the consent of the E.W.
KENNEDY SOLICITORS is unlawful. If you have received this
message but are not the addressee, please contact the sender
immediately and destroy the message.
No rights can be derived from the content of this message.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam