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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:
  • "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)
  • "million 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)
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • bruceraymond@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "bruceraymond Gazeta.pl" <bruceraymond@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:43:29 +0200
Subject: Re: I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE///


*PRIVATE AND URGENT.
Mr. Bruce Raymond.
Calle segre,2800,
1036 XE Madrid
Spain

Good day,

I am contacting you because of a business
concerning a huge sum of money from a deceased deposit in the Security and
Finance company
where I work here in Spain. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am
assuring you that allwill be well at the end of the day. I actually
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION;

I discovered an abandoned deposit in my company owned by one of our
foreign customers who died along with his entire family as a result of an
automobile crash. He actually deposited this funds amounting to
US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve million united states dollars), for safe keeping
in my company here in Madrid. Company file records shows that the funds
was actually for a project our late costumer wanted to start in the near
future (a multi million Dollar steel plant in Florida, USA), before his
sudden and untimely death. As such since his death none of his relations
or next-of-kin has come forward to lay claims for this property as the
heir, this is the basically the reason why I
have contacted you.

My company cannot release the property unless someone applies for claim as
the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our operating
guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you
stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be care
fully worked out by me for the funds to be
released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest
you to know that I have
secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of
our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

1. Beneficiary full name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
3. Occupation and position
4. Nationality and Date of birth
5. Marital status
6. Gender/sex

These requirements will enable me file letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for
necessary approvals in your favour before
you can personally appear for the claim. I shall be compensating you with
30% of the total money while 10% will be for any expenses
incurred the rest will be mine on final conclusion of this project.

Please note that your share stays while the rest shall before me for
investment purposes. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent
mail.Please reply to my private and confidential email:(**
bruceraymond@myway.com* <bruceraymond@myway.com>*)


Best Regards,

Mr. Bruce Raymond.
*

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