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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • daviddoust@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "daviddoust@terra.es" <daviddoust@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:41:26 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Please Do Treat As Urgent


Dear Sir/Madam,=20
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Many apologies that I had to send you this email without a prior relationsh=
ip between us; my name is Mr. David Jon Doust a former credit manager of a =
Bank in Holland and presently working and living in England.
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I have however contacted you with the hope of presenting you as the benefic=
iary (next of kin) to one of my late client in my former Bank in Holland wh=
o=E2=80=99s Bonded Depository Account with the Bank in Holland worth 15 mil=
lion Euros has remain unclaimed, I figured out that since you share a commo=
n name with him I decided to Contact you with this privileged information r=
egarding his account., this is as a result of the fact that my late client =
whose whole family where wiped out in a plane crash has nobody left to clai=
m this fund.
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if such an account is not claimed or renewed to commence another tenure of =
7years, a 6months period of grace is granted to the account holder or his d=
esignated beneficiary, a probate order of Mandamus is then issued to provid=
e such a beneficiary whereby failure to do so at the end of it=E2=80=99s ex=
piration the funds will be quarantined and shared amongst the Directors of =
the Bank at the end of the fiscal year. =20
=20
I bore in mind your personality and reputation of which the same apply to m=
e, on this light I then deemed it fit to assure you that the Funds will be =
cleared in accordance with the firm's operational procedures to ensure the =
transaction success without a breach of the law.=20
=20
One thing is certain, with the relevant legal documents that I will get to =
back you up the funds release will be approved for onward release to you.
=20
If this is okay with you then get back to me so that I give you more detail=
s.
=20
Your commission out of the 15million Euros is 40%.=20
=20
I will want you to get back to me as soon as possible if you are willing to=
assist in getting these funds through with this my more preferred email ad=
dress:
=20
daviddoust@katamail.com
=20
Regards=20
=20
David Jon Doust
=20






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