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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "i will give you 35% " (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)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • churchillmoore022@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "churchill_moore305 Gazeta.pl" <churchill_moore305@gazeta.pl>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:06:01 +0100
Subject: From Foreign Account Manager,Standard Chattered Bank , London


From Mr.Churchhill Moore, Foreign Account Manager,Standard Chattered Bank ,
correspondence office in London-United Kingdom of Great Britain.

Dear friend,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you
first because it's fastest means.


I am a Foreign account manager of STANDARD CHATTERED BANK In their
correspondence office here in London-United Kingdom. I discovered
dormant accounts with holding balance of US$ 35,000,000:00 (Twenty Million
United States Dollars) which has not been operated for the past three
years.From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account, a
foreigner by name Mr.George .B. died in plane crash in July 19,2003
and since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of
this money because he lost every of his family membersin the plane crash.
The following website could be used as

reference:http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Since this development, we have advertised for his next of kin or any
close relative to come forward all to no avail. Consequently, I and one
other official in my department have decided to look for a trusted
foreign partner who can stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and
claim this money. We need a foreign partner to apply for the claim base on
the fact that the customer was a foreigner.However, we do not want
this money to go into the bank's treasury as unclaimed fund.Every Document
to effect this process will emanate from my table and I will perfect
every documents to be in accordance with the banking Rules and
Regulations,so you have nothing to worryabout.

This transaction is totally free of risk as the fund is legitimate .
Finally, I will give you 35% for your corporation,5% will be for
expenses both parties might have incurred during this process. On receipt
of
your response I will furnish you with detailed clarification as it
relates to this mutual benefit transaction.

You should send me your account information as states below where you
like the money to be transfer so that I can send application for the
release of the fund immediately with your account information. Even an
empty account is ok.

Bank Name..............
Bank Address...........
Beneficiary Name.......
Account Number.........
Swift Code.............
Your Tel/Fax Number....
Routing Number.........
State & Country........
Your occuptaion........
Your age..............

I look forward to hear from you as soon aspossible if you are
interested.Send
your response to my private mail box: churchillmoore022@yahoo.de

Regards,

Churchhill Moore

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