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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)
  • ",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 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.
  • +447031862605 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <paul_duko@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:52:39 +0000
Subject: Greeting From Paul Duko



Mr Paul Madu #5 Bank Plain, Norwich NR2 4SF London England With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings,and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of it's importance and the immense benefit it will be to you.

I am contacting you for your most needed assistance in this manner. I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to you, as I make this proposal to you as a person of integrity.I found your contact address when I was searching for a reliable person,Which i hope that you will not let me down on this business now or infuture. First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to you.My name is Mr Paul Madu ,I am an account officer to Giles Vernon Hart who died whilst on a trip to north London for his job at British Telecom. 7 July 2005,I was going through his library collection and to my astonishment I discovered a safety deposit of £42,000,000.00 (Forty Two Million Pounds).

Mr Giles Vernon Hart was a former chairman of the Polish Solidarity Campaign of Great Britain and member of the Humanist Society.Giles Vernon Hart was always a champion of liberty and human rights and a campaigner against political injustice and bigotry.I would need your assistance to play the role of his next of kin to claim the said funds.I have every document that will back up this fund to your account.
If you agree to render your assistance, your role in this project will be to act on as next of kin as a trustee/business associate to Vernon Hart to receive the safety deposit funds transfer to your account. I believe this transaction should be based on mutuality, i am account officer to late Giles Vernon Hart For your reliable assistance, i will offering you 40% of the funds while 60% is for me . I wish to thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance in enabling us achieve this goal.

If you are not familiar with the above information,please take a moment of your very busy schedules to read about it on the internet and send me urgent reply This deal is worth taking and highly profitable, The deal required your Account infomations weather money inside or not for the proccesing of the fund if you dont have account you need to open a new one and send to me proccesing
With warm regards,Paul Madu Account Officer+447031862605

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