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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:

• 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:
  • "your payment is being processed" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mrsstella_nicholas@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Stella Nicholas" <atmcard4561@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mrsstella_nicholas@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:57:06 +0500
Subject: Attn: Beneficiaries


Attn: Beneficiaries

Your name was discovered among the list of the outstanding payment
beneficiaries who have not received their Funds. we wish to inform you that
your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you
respond to this letter. Also note that from the record in my file, your
outstanding contract payment is US$9, 500,000.00 (Nine Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars).

This Bank, has Been Mandated to take charge of your payment file and
should be passed to my Desk for clarification Upon Certification that your
File is ok, This Bank would Direct you on how to Receive your over due fund
via ATM

CORPORATE VISA CARD, OR ONLINE BANKING TRANSFER E- BANKING /KTT
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER .

Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your record
and also re-confirm to me the followings:

1) Your full name........
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile #......
3) Company name, Position and Address.....
4) Profession, age, sex and marital status....
5) Any kind of identification.....

As soon as this information's are received, your payment will be made to You
through any of these choice of yours .

Waiting for your quick response.

Mrs Stella Nicholas
Heritage Finance Bank of London
E-mail Address: mrsstella_nicholas@yahoo.co.uk

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