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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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 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.
  • petersbrown.1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: yinkadavies2@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 08:50:23 -0800
Subject: READ AND REPLY,


Good Day.

I bring you greetings. My name is Mr. Allen Adams, I am a staff of Barclays
Bank London. Our late clients named Mr.Michael Morgan made a fixed deposit
amount of US$12.500,000.00 (Twelve Million,Five Hundred Thousands United
States Dollars) He did not declare any next of kin in any of his paper work
with us, I want you as a foreigner to stand
as the beneficiary to transfer this funds out of my bank into your account.

I am prepared to offer you 45% for you, 50% for me, while 5% will be set
aside for any expenses we pay for during this transaction, that is to say
that any money spent during the period of this transaction will be refunded,
once the fund has been transferred into your nominated bank account. I
request that you kindly forward to me your letter of
acceptance with the below details via my private Email:
petersbrown.1@hotmail.com

[1] Name: ______________________________
[2] Address: ____________________________
[3] Age: ________________________________
[4] Sex: _________________________________
[5] Telephone: __________________________
[6] Fax: _________________________________
[7] Occupation status: __________________

All I need from you is your readiness, trustworthiness and dedication.
Please respond to my mail to indicate your interest so we can begin
arrangements while I will give you more information on how we would handle
this venture.

Best Regards,
Mr. Allen Adams

Anti-fraud resources:

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