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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +447035955797 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: mensaje <mensaje@itelcel.com>
Reply-To: w.richard2008@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:45:34 -0800
Subject: GREETINGS TO YOU




The Auditor/Head of Department
London Scottish Bank Plc=2C
United Kingdom=2E
(Great Opportunity Very Urgent and Confidential)
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=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
Dear Friend=2C
GREETINGS TO YOU=2E
I want to transfer out =A315=2C000=2C000=2E00 (Fifteen Million Pounds St=
erling)from our bank here=2CI have the courage to look for a reliable and=
honest person who will be capable for this important transaction=2Cbelie=
ving that you will never let me down either now or in future=2EI want to =
transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i don=27t know=
any foreigner=2C I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this mo=
ney can not be approved to any local bank here in London=2C but can only =
be approved to any foreign account because the money is pounds sterlings =
and the owner of the account is Late Engr=2ERobert Williams and he was a =
foreigner too=2EThe funds had remained unclaimed since his death=2C but I=
have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate a ny o=
f his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his aba=
ndoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail=2E The =
fact is that my late client had left no possible records for trace o
f heirs for me I am contacting you because of the need to involve a forei=
gner with a foreign account as the real beneficiary=2EAt the conclusion o=
f this business=2C you will be given 60=25 of the total amount=2C 35=25 w=
ill be for me=2C while 5=25 will be for expenses both parties might have =
incurred during this process=2ESend me as a matter of urgent for onward p=
rocessing=3APlease you can reach me via my private e-mail=3Aw=2Erichard20=
08=40hotmail=2Ecom
(1) Your Name=3A =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
(2) Your Address=3A=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
(3) Your Tele =26 Fax Number=3A=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F
(4) Your Occupation=3A=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=

(5) Sex=3A=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
(6) Country=3A=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
I was contacted by the finance Department Of the London Scottish Bank to =
provide his next of kin I guarantee that this will be executed under a le=
gitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law=2E I wi=
ll not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and =
that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have=
been made for the completion of this transfer=2E As I said=2C I require =
only a solemn confidentiality on this=2E

I await your earliest reply=2CThanks=2E
Sincerely=2C
Mr=2E Wayne Richard
Tel=3A+44 703 595 5797 =

Email=3Aw=2Erichard2008=40hotmail=2Ecom

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