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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)
  • "million british 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)
  • ",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)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045763344 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Andrew wolley" <andrewxx04@gmail.com>
Reply-To: remit_dir@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:43:39 -0500
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED...............SOON


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From Mr. ANDREW WOLLEY

Address: 65 Petty France,St James Park,

London SW1H 9EU.

Occupations: INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE(DIRECTOR)

Mobile Number:+447045763344

(HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT)

RE: TRANSFER OF £15 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING)ONLY.

ATTN:SIR/MADAM,

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business
or personal ethics. I will firstintroduce myself as Mr. Andrew Wolley, an
International Remittance with Citi Bank N.A, here in London,England.Tough i
have not met with you before but i believe,one has to risk confiding in
someone to succeed sometime in life

During our last Audit, I discovered that one of our accounts, with holding
balance of £15,000,000 (FIFTEEN Million Pounds Sterling) has been dormant
and last operated three years ago. From my investigations and confirmation,
the owner of the said account, a foreigner by name John Shumejda died on the
4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in Birmingham; you can view this CNN
website

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/

for details on the crash.

Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money,
as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of
either the account or the funds; and also Information from the National
Immigration also states that he was single on entry into the UK.

I have confidently discussed this issue with some of the bank officials and
we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We therefore
propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these
funds from the deceased and funds released to you after necessaryprocesses
have been followed because this fund can be claim by a foreigner due to
thedeceased owner of the account is also, foreigner.

I want to assure you that, this transaction is totally free of risk and
troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money
laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.

If this money reaches 5 years, it will automatically move to the Bank Vault
{Central Bank of United Kingdom} as "UNCLAIMED FUND". All I need from you
now is to present you to the Bank Management as the next of kin to the dead
man and have the Bank pay you (Beneficiary) this money as your late Uncle's
money which he left in our bank since you are a foreigner like him. Please
if you are interested, kindly get back to me as quickly as possible to
enable me make all the necessary arrangement towards how to present you to
the bank as "truly next of kin" to the late man. It does not matter if you
are from America or not.

After the claim of this money by you through our assistance, you will take
40% of the total Sum and 5% to cover any cost of expenses which both will
incur in this transaction and keep the rest 55% for me in the account .

PLEASE I HAVE A SOLID QUESTION TO ASKED YOU:

1). ARE YOU CAPABLE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION?

2) CAN YOU BE TRUSTED IN THIS TRANSACTION,TILL THE SAID FUND GOES INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT

I will forward to you later after the deal is done or i will come to your
place for sharing & we will burn the documents of this transaction together
to avoid any trace ok. If you will agree to join hand together with me to
this transaction in good faith & harmony.i will like to assured & prove to
you the existence of the fund in the bank with the statement of the account
which will be send to you as the edvience of this transaction,before we will
proceed in the project.

Hope hearing from you urgently.

Best Regards,

Mr. Andrew Wolley

CALL ME ALWAYS VIA MY DIRECT MOBILE LINE:+447045763344.
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