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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.
  • +447045739063 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: International Monetary Fund <info@imf.org>
Reply-To: mrrodrigoderato1@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 18:50:00 -0300
Subject: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION




OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION Attn: Beneficiarry Your Long
overdue Payment. I saw your email ( in the Central Computer among the
list of unpaid contractors, inheritance next of kin and lotto
beneficiaries that was originated from Africa, Europe, Asia Plus
Middle east, Americans ) among the list of individuals and companies
that your unpaid fund has been located to the CITI BANK LONDON, UNITED
KINGDOM. Your email appeared among the beneficiaries, who will receive
a part-payment of your contractual sum and has been approved already
for months. You are requested to get back to me for more direction and
instruction on how to receive your fund. However, we received an email
from one Mr. Virgle Lee Samples who told us that he is your next of
kin and that you died in a car accident last week. He has also
submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him including his
International passport, we want to hear from you before we can make
the transfer to confirm if you are dead or
not. Please in confirmation
that you are still alive, you are advised to reconfirm the below
listed information to enable us facilitate an immediate payment for
you. 1 Your full names2 Your present contact address.3 Your
telephone & Fax numbers.4 Your Occupations/age/sex. 5 Your Private
Email Address.6 Home Equity (Yes or No) Once again, I apologize to
you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary Fund) for failure to pay
your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been
long overdue. Yours SincerelyMr.Rodrigo De Rato.+44 704 573 9063
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