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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:
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
• 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.
  • +34679091141 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • bbbas033@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: solude31@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:51:42 +0200
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT


Directory Project Implementation
Federal High Court of Justice
And
Social Services,
Madrid, Spain.
Phone: +34 679 091 141
Private Email:
bbbas033@yahoo.es
Permit me to inform you my heart desire for a business
relationship with you. I am Mr. Abbas Hamza the Personal Attorney to Mr.
Williams O Edward. a national of Saudi Arabia, who used to work with
Shell Development Company here in Madrid, Spain. On the 23rd of October
2007, my Client, his wife and three children were involved in aircraft
along the ota ogun state. All occupants of the craft unfortunately lost
their lives. Since then I have made several efforts to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful.
After these
several unsuccessful attempts. I decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family to assist in repatriating
the money and property left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable in the (Security Company) here, my
Client, has about Eleven Million, Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($11.500
000.00 USD. Deposited in Security Company with reference number
(LM-05-371) reference Statues Consignment. And they issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin of my clients or the will confiscated the
fund within next seventeen official working days.
Since, I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 1year and 8 months now.
I seek your consent to present yourself as the next of Kin of my Client
to enable us take over the proceeds of this fund value at $11.500 000.00
USD be paid to your account and then you will share the money base on
percentage. I do not know if you are in anyway related to him or not. I
want to know if you will be interested to do the business with me. If
you are interested in this proposal, I will like to hear from you.
Before agreement on the modalities to do the business and the sharing
riot and the method to carry out the business for investments.
Above
all the process will afford us the opportunity to know the roles to be
played by any of us. For all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make. All I require as your honest
co-operation to enable us pull this deal through, i guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of law. You have to assure me of your honesty and
sincerity that you will not sit on the fund Kindly reply me for more
details through this my private E-mail: (bbbas033@yahoo.es) As soon as
urgently Thanks
Kindly, Acknowledge as Urgent, and reply back through my
private email: bbbas033@yahoo.es

Thanks for your Co-operation.

Yours
Faithfully,
Dr. Abbas Hamza.
Phone: +34 679 091 141

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