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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • deutschebk_berlin@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Josef Ackermann" <deutschebk_berlin@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: dr.josef.privatebox008@live.com
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 05:04:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: This mail is from Deutschebank Chairman



Deutschebank Germany
>From Desk of Dr. Josef Ackermann
Chairman: Deutschebank Germany
Website: www.deutsche-bank.de
Direct line: + 49 1 5208206541
Email: dr.josef.privatebox008@live.com 
Ref: DE/001/BE/DBG/2008
 
 
 

 
Dear customer,


Hope this message get to you in good faith:
Welcome to Deutschebank Germany, click here for more information: (http://www.deutsche-bank.de/index.htm).



I'm happy to inform you that you are the beneficiary of the sum of 55,000,000.00 Euros (Fifty Five Million Euros) that came in today as a consignment from Societe General Bank of Paris, France. Please note that your calls will be monitored for security reason. It is my position as the Chairman of Deutschebank to inform you that my department have been assigned by the above bank to approve this
payment to you, as we were informed that all the irregularities has been waved by the mentioned bank and the payment has been overdue of which you happens to fall in the short list as the rightful beneficiary.



As it may interest you to know, we were previously informed by the mentioned bank that this sum of 55,000,000.00 Euros (Fifty Five Million Euros) was formally belonged to late Mr. Paul Nelson, an engineer who died in a plane crash along with his family in July 2000, please read more on this website: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm) and according to the bank report, your information were discovered as his next of kin.



The bank also said, that this fund was paid into the late beneficiary's bank account in France as a contract payment fund which was awarded by the French Government and was executed by the late person. All legal arrangement was made by the bank, to make sure the fund is under our custody, and henceforth all the relevant documents is been confirmed, your fund will be released immediately, therefore we urge you to kindly respond to this mail as soon as possible for more information,and also to reconfirm the following information:
1. Your direct Telephone and fax numbers
2. Your home or Office mailing address.



Finally, as you can see we're in position to help you put claim over this fund as the next of kin, and I advice you to keep this transaction CONFIDENTIAL, while I do everything in my power to help you receive the stated figure in full, either by a Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) or Diplomatic immunity, by which the fund shall be delivered to your doorstep, not to mention that we've conducted such a similar transaction before, and I will not fail to inform you that it is 100% risk free.



You have 10 days to put claim to this fund, so that a manuscript can be submited to the payment department, and I urge you to kindly channel all your response to the following email.

Yours faithfully,
Executive Chairman: Deutschebank , Germany







Dr. Josef Ackermann
born 1948
Board member since 1996
Chairman of the Management Board
 
Direct: deutschebk_berlin@yahoo.de


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