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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:

• 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.
  • +448452800544

Fraud email example:

From: "David Spicer" <david_spicer613@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: david-spicer01@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 21:51:22 -0700
Subject: Partner with me, it's urgent


Partner with me, it's urgent
Imperial Finance Limited, UKTel:+44-762-4172620
Fax: +44-845-2800544

Dear: friend,

I am David Spicer, the Auditor General, Finance Imperial UK Limited. In the
course of my audit, I discovered a floating fund in an account, which was
opened in 1990, belongs to a foreigner died Late Mr K .P. who died in 1999.
All efforts to track any family member or close relatives which has since
failed, hence I contacted you to stand as his next of kin, as they bear the
same surname. He died without leaving a will or heirs.

My intention is to transfer this amount USD 15.5Million in the
aforementioned account has a secure overseas. Therefore, I am proposing that
you quietly with my partner and provide an account or create a new one that
will serve the purposes of receiving this fund. For his help in this
endeavour, I am ready to participate with a good percentage of the total
funds. After passing by the deceased and the archival records, I discovered
that:

(1) 1999
(2) He died without an heir, therefore, the money has been floating.
(3) No other person knows about this account and there was no known
beneficiary.

If I do not send the money urgently, it would be lost, and then converted
the funds of the company, which only benefit the executives of my business.
This money could be adopted as law you with all the requisite approvals
documentary on his behalf. However, it would be necessary to show a little
evidence of demand, which will provide guidance and also on how to make
applications.

Please, do give me an answer so that I can send you details of the
modalities of my proposition. I fully trust you to keep this proposition
absolutely confidential. If you are interested, please forward your
telephone and fax numbers where we can reach you easily. I await your prompt
response.

Best Regards,
David Spicer

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