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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +448452801535
• 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.
  • pwallace_fsa@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Peter Wallace <wallace_fsa@fsmail.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:48:20 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Joint Venture !!!


Dear C .e .o/President,
I am a registered Financial Security Agent of the FSA (Financial Services Authority) in the UK, attached to the department of Treasury. Arising from the Continuous Admittance of New Counties/Member into the merging EU(European Community is a recent directive from the Bank of England that all dormant account be redirected into Government archives. I have been in charge of a particular Dormant/Suspense account which no one from my very professional investigation using the extensive data protection database.
This bond has been in a dormant state since 2000 and the department has been changing custodian of the bonds for the past three (3)years. What is needed at this stage is to find a very reliable, confidential and responsible friend who would assist me in the claims of these bonds without it reverting to the state. In this case, i would initiate a systematic transfer of the said bonds into a Dedicated Account opened in your name or company name, whichever you find most appropriate. I would therefore need your response in order to grant you access to the detailed facts and figures of the bond. I have been able to contact you based on information retrieved from the credit reference database attached to my institution. I will be most willing to go into partnership with you to see this project completed in earnest.
I assure you that there would be no issues to your name or person. All you would be required to do is to contact the offshore office for the purpose of concluding this transaction. I hope you understand why I cannot disclose exclusive data to you at this stage. Do kindly respond to me via my email address below or my fax number.Upon this, I would be able to send you more details regarding this project.If I do not hear from you in the next few days, I would assume you are not interested but if you are, do also provide a phone/fax numbers you could be reached on. I look forward to an excellent business relationship with you.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Peter Wallace.
Financial Service Authority (FSA).
Fax: + 448452801535
Email:pwallace_fsa@excite.com

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