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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "offshore 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 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.
  • +447031838189 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • louisjohnson44@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "mrjimpeter77@googlemail.com" <mrjimpeter77@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:53:39 -0400
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE!!!


UNRESERVEDLY CONFIDENTIAL / TOP SECRET & 100% RISK FREE. Dear Sir/Madam, I am Mr. Louis Johnson, (Group Finance Director), Citi bank London, (Auditing and Accounting Department) and the Private Banking Investment Account officer of Late Mr. Kurt Kahle, who is the President/Chief Executive Officer of Falcon Engineering Services Germany. Herein referred to as our bank customer. Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK, AF4590 Aircraft, with 109 people on board bound to , crashed catastrophically into the Hotelissimo, my deceased client Mr. Mr. Kurt Kahle, and his wife Mrs. Clelia Kahle with their only son were involved in the crash. May their gentle souls rest in glorious peace Amen. Please View Website of Disaster to confirm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm If you are familiar with private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin to his deposit. In another year, if a next of kin is not located to inherit the fund, the fund will revert back to the Bank's accounting system as "unclaimed" He died with no known or identifiable family member as next of kin. This leaves me as the only person with the full picture of what the prevailing situation is in relation to the deposit. What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice, but as time goes own, you will understand. My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my to Late Mr. Kurt Kahle deposited fund with our bank valued at 10,500,000.00 GBP (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds), which his account has been dormant since 1998 and has accumulated interest with Citibank London. I consequently request your maximum assistance and approvals to facilitate the transfer the fund to an offshore account before they get confiscated or enthusiastically declared unserviceable by the authorities and Citibank London. In conclusion, I will appoint the assistance of an attorney to prepare the last WILL of testament notorized for claim in your favour, your assistance is exceedingly obligatory in order to accomplish this entire transaction and I guarantee that this operation will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law. Get back to me for more details and how to proceed for a smooth conclusion of this transaction. (1). Your full names : (2). contact address : (3). Phone : (4). Cell phone : (5). Age : (6). Occupation : (7).I D Email me all your information to: louisjohnson44@hotmail.com Best Regards, Mr. Louis Johnson (Group Finance Director) Citibank London D/L: +447031838189

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