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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:
  • "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 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.
  • rolandnaegeli@mixmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: FROM ROLAND R N <rolandnageli02@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:14:41 +0200
Subject: From: Mr. Roland R Nageli.




From: Mr. Roland R Nageli.

Sir/Madam,

I am an external auditor of a bank here in Spain. In one of our periodic auditing I discovered dormant accounts with holding balance of 7.5m (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) which has not been operated for the past years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account, aboard the AF4590 plane with the entire family, which crashed Monday, 31 July 2000 into the Hotelissimo. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm]?

On further investigation, we found out that he died without making a will all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless and he did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents in the bank.
I have secretly discussed this matter with the Bank branch manager we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with us i.e. as the heir/next of kin, although due to his position he did not want to take active part but as soon as you follow my instructions everything will be successful because we will be working hand in hand with him. I contacted you because you have the same name with the depositor.

In your acceptance of this deal, I am proposing 30% of the total sum to you for your involvement.10% would be set aside for any expenses that may incur during the transaction.

If this proposal does offend your moral values please pardon me otherwise reply via my private email address: rolandnaegeli@mixmail.com [mailto:rolandnaegeli@mixmail.com] and I will give you more details in regard to this. You will never regret being part of this deal, as every arrangement will be done perfectly; it’s a great opportunity for us, Note also that this process is risk free and it is completely legal but might not be justified morally.

Please be kind to get back to me even if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.

Yours faithfully,

Roland R N.




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