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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 british 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)
  • "dormant 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.
  • +447024015647 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: hector sants <h2s.s8@msn.com>
Reply-To: <t2tbaba2@o2.pl>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:04:53 +0000
Subject: Reply



ReplyFrom Hector Sants.
Dear,
I apologize to explain to you in details, I am a personal accountant to an INDUSTRIALIST who his account has been dormant with a total sum of £25,000.000.00 GBP [Twenty Five Million British Pounds].
The owner of this dormant account is a foreigner by name "Ed Swingle" who died on 4th Jan 2002. in a plane crash in Birmingham; you can view this CNN or BBC website for his true details.
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1742404.stm

Since the death of this deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date. Moreover, this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it.
Definitely, this fund will be confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for period of [7] years without any claims.
In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperation in transferring this dormant fund out of our bank to avoid confiscating this fund.
First, I want to let you know that the bank will approve this money to any foreigner with legal claims which i will be providing to you and this fund can be transferred to any valid foreign account you will nominate, upon a successful transfer without any disappointment from your side; I will then fly to meet you in your home destination for sharing, thereafter we jointly make some magnitude investments.
If you are willing to cooperate in this project, Contact me for more details.
1) YOUR FULL NAMES2) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS3) YOUR TELEPHONE AND MOBILE NUMBER(S) WORK AND HOME4) YOUR AGE5) YOUR OCCUPATION
You should try to call me on my phone no. +447024015647 and please do not disclose this business to anybody for security purpose.
Yours truly,Hector Sants.

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