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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:
  • "million british 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • +447092866541 (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.
  • robhornsby@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Hornsby Robert McDonald" <rhornsby@officialduties.net>
Reply-To: robhornsby@jmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 17:47:31 +0000
Subject: From: Robert Ian Mcdonald Hornsby


From: Robert Ian Mcdonald Hornsby
Tele/Fax:+44-7092866541
My Dear,
NEXT OF KIN/WILL BENEFICIARY
I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the next of kin/will beneficiary to Dr. Shimon Adams, a Financial Economist, Energy Economics, Finance & Technology Economist and a member of the Editorial board of Energy Policy in Brighton, United States of American citizen who died on a plane crash on the 10th of February 2007 with his wife and children also perished in the plane crash.
Before his death he was a senior researcher in SPRU's Sussex Energy Group and has a bank balance with my bank to the tune of SEVEN MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS which will be paid to you as his Next of Kin/Will Beneficiary. For your information, I am the Head of Investigation Department with my bank here in London, England.The board of directors of my bank has given me the mandate to look for any known relation of Dr. Shimon Adams, since after his death.
However, all my efforts to trace members of his family has been fruitless , this is the main reason I am writing you to ask for your co-operation for us to claim this money because it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit and invest it, this is due to the fact that if nobody comes forward to claim the fund it will be forfeited to the Government, this is my reason for contacting you, so that you can assist me in making this transaction a reality.

All I need to do is to give you the approval as the Next of Kin/Will Beneficiary and the fund will be paid to you as the beneficiary. We are to share this money between ourselves and also donate 5% to charity organizations and 5% for any expenses we may incure. If you are really interested in this offer you should contact me through this email address: robhornsby@jmail.co.za

For detail of this transaction and procedures, please do forward to me (1) Your full name and address (2)Your direct Phone, Fax and Mobile #. (3)Company name, Position and Contact Address. (4) Profession, Age and Marital Status.
The above information will will enable me commence immediately to secure all legal documents in your name that will testify that you are the Next of Kin/Will Beneficiary of the fund on your acceptance to fully co-operate with me and we can achieve this deal if you keep it very CONFIDENTIAL to yourself. I await your urgent response to enable us jumpstart this project and nurture it to reality. reach me on my private E-mail address: robhornsby@jmail.co.za
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Robert Ian Mcdonald Hornsby.
Tele/Fax:+44-7092866541
E-mail: robhornsby@jmail.co.za

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