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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447045771855 (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.
  • graycomerchatstck@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "Eng Gray peck" <enggraympeck3@me.by>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 22:02:29 +0200
Subject: CONFIRM THIS TO ME IMMEDIATELY


From Eng.Gray M. Peck
No:3 Presley Way Crown hill, Milton
Keynes Buckinghamshire
MK8 OES United Kingdom.
Tel. +44-7045771855
Email: *enggraympeck@live.com* <enggraympeck@live.com>

Dear Sir/ Madam,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family?,You may not
understand why this mail came to you.It's a great delight and immense
pleasure to recommend this proposition to you which I believe it will not
cause a slight irritation to your honor; though we might not met before but
I suppose profitable business is merit to be present in the first encounter.
I actually sought your contact through your country business portal and I
decided to contact you. I am Eng.Gray M. Peck, a crude oil substance
decontamination expert, also a Com-merchant to Late (Mr. Lajuddin Rahman) an
oil & Gas mercantile from UNITED EMIRATE who unfortunately caught up in the
plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January 31st,
2000.

Nevertheless, before Hon. Lajuddin death, his last oil supplies to his
foreign customers is worth approximately the sum of US$35,000,000.00
''Thirty five million dollars'' which was later paid to his business stock
account two months after his death. The honorable misfortune came about
during his appointment to UNITED STATE OF AMERICA to honor the invitation of
his customers and to negotiates on the structure of payment to cover his
last supplies.

Moreover, the decease's immediate family or relatives were not where to be
found ever since his death. I am frantically in need of your assistance to
secure and receive this fund as a custodian and investor before his lawyer
is able to locate his immediate family. You can as well trade with the said
fund for good 4years until we are able to locate his real family or his true
background. His attorney is ready to set aside 5% of the fund as a
compensation and reimbursement of any offset expenses during the transfer of
the fund to your bank account.

Finally, endeavor to confirm your capability and efficiency to trade with
the fund with a reasonable profit within the period of 4 years which the
fund would be kept under your management and do reply immediately if you
found this proposal interesting and reasonable. I shall connect you with his
attorney as soon you proof your interest and intent to execute the
proposal.please Direct your reply to: *(* <graycomerchatstck@yahoo.fr> *
enggraympeck@live.com* <enggraympeck@live.com> <anokabasil@live.com> ) for
more clearification.

I am hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive this massage,

Sincerely yours,
Eng.Gray M. Peck
Tel. +44-7045771855

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