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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:

• 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.
  • +447917666772

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: tterrymiracle@fastwebmail.it
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:42:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: INVESTMENT MATTERS


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:terrymiracle14@yahoo.com.co



- Fullbright & Jorwoski, Office Address: 85 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AE-United Kingdom Dear Sir, I am a consultant in my sub-region with wide experience in international relationship and investment matters.I am the Legal consultant to Mr.Perry Wnchester, a nationale of America, who was an Oil contractor and chairman of Smith Winchester Capital Funding and AccuAire International, Inc.On the 2nd January, 2005, my client, his wife And their three children were involved in a car accident along sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of his extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his name over the Internet , to locate any member of his family hence. Now there is approved sum of US$8.5m payment deposited in his account with citibank of london through citygroupcorps, a security outfit of citibank london, for an Oil and gas contract executed by my late client since 2005 which the citibank asked me as the decease's lawyer to present the next of kin to late client Perry Winchester who will be the beneficiary of this contract payment since the main contractor is late.I am contacting you to act as the next of kin to the deceased in order for us to claim this contract fund (US$8.5M) from the citibank london, I am in possesion of my late client's contract files and all relevent documents relating to this contract done in year 2005 of which I will send to you copies of the contract documents for your perusal.I want you to know the urgency/importance of the Claim of this fund, Since the citigroupcoprs management has instructed the citibank issue remittance telex to the next of kin of the deceased who is the depositor through my chamber as the lawyer. We will discuss on how to share the fund after claims as soon as I hear from you. I hope to receive a positive response to this mail from you. You are also required to send to me your contact phone so that we could discuss it on phone too. This is my phone number: +44 7917666772, You can still call me as you wish but remember the importance of this claims (US$8.5million).Regards.Terry Miracle

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