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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 pounds" (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: "George Manuel" <georgemanuel002@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:40:03 +0100
Subject: Private.


Dear Sir / Ceo,

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a
hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. I am Mr. George Manuel, a
personal assistant to Mr. Wallter Hangal, the managing director of WALTER
TUBE COMPANY LONDON England .

I am Mr. Wallter Hangal's personal assistant for six years now; Mr. Wallter
Hangal has a beautiful wife Mrs. Cathrine Hangal and three children. Mr.
Wallter Hangal is 68 years old; Mr. Wallter Hangal was From Germany, who
unfortunately died in tsunami incident on 26th December 2004. You will read
more stories about the tsunami victims on visiting this Click on the website
below:

Website: www.ems.narenthorn.thaigov.net/tsunami_e/tsunamilist.php?

Mr. Wallter Hangal died in tsunami incident in Thailand together with his
wife and three blessed children on 26th December 2004, since after the
incident I have been trying to locate any of his relation or brother, I
later discovered that Mr. Wallter Hangal is the only issue to his family.
Before his death on 26th December 2004 Mr. Wallter Hangal left with a
bank/security company a total sum of £7 Million Pounds. I came across your
name and contact, on the course of my personal searching for reliable and
honest person whom I will transact this business with me so I decided to
contact you for this project.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left
behind in a fixed deposit account by Mr. Wallter Hangal before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the company. The board of the
directors in the Bank has issued a notice that after 2 months from now and
no next of kin shown up for the claim, the funds will be confiscated and
declared unserviceable.

Since I, the personal assistant have been unsuccessful in locating Mr.
Wallter Hangal's relatives for sometime now, I seek your consent to present
you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that
the proceed of this deposit valued at 7Million Pounds can be released to
you. The company will release the funds to any foreigner who has all related
information/documents of Mr. Wallter Hangal .

I myself have successfully gotten all the necessary documents and contacts
of his account with the bank, your application will be directed to his
account officer department for verification and approval. Everything is
under my control and I shall provide you all the information and copy of the
certificate of deposit issued to Mr. Wallter Hangal when he deposited the
funds in the Bank in London . I shall also involve a good attorney who shall
represent you in all the appropriate offices for the claim. I shall destroy
all the documents used for the claim and leave no traces. After everything,
you shall have 30% of the total sum, while 70% for me. All requires is your
honest cooperation to enable us seeing this business successful. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law. Mr. Wallter Hangal was a very good man and
it is not wise to allow his hard earned wealth to be stolen by the reedy
directors of the bank.

Please treat this proposal very strictly and confidentia; reply through my
personal E-Mail: info@whithersolicitors.com.

Best Regards and God bless you.

Mr. George Manuel.
Direct Line:447942544155
E-Mail: info@whithersolicitors.com

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