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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohamed Rami" <mohamed_rami143@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mohamedrami1414@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:14:07 -0700
Subject: Mohamed Beckford Rami, THANKS


I am Mohamed Beckford Rami, the manager of PINES SECURITY COMPANY; it is my
pleasure to write you this mail.

I am writing you from London, as it may interest you to know. I got your
contact through your country business directory in the Internet while
searching for a foreign partner and contact.

A customer of this company Capt. JAMES .C. EDGE, lost his life and family on
the Tsunami Disaster which occurred in Thailand, having a huge sum of money
{US$12,000,000} deposited in our security vault for safe keeping, the entire
company are unaware of the actual content in the box, as it was deposited as
a family valuable treasure under Diplomatic coverage, of which the company
have no access to the content except on instruction of the depositor or next
of kin, but I as the manager of the company knows the actual content in the
box but I have no personal access/power to claim it without the assistance
of a foreign partner, who have to stand as the next of kin to the deceased.

I am contacting you to stand as the next of kin to the deceased customer,
while I as the manager is here as your insider /partner and I will do every
thing humanly possible to get it approved on your name and get the save box
transferred to you in your country, while I shall resign from my company,
fly over to your country immediately to meet with you in person for
sharing/investment purposes.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for claim.

I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up
for claim. All I require from you is your honest, cooperation, above all
confidentiality, to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that
this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through this email

Best Regards.
Mohamed Beckford Rami.

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