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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 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.
  • +34627747095 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • morgangomez1@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: MORGAN GOMEZ <morgangomez@zwallet.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 18:16:09 +0200
Subject: FROM MORGAN GOMEZ.......TREAT AS URGENT PLEASE


HELLO
MY NAME IS MORGAN GOMEZ. I WORK WITH THE CAJA MADRID BANK IN SPAIN.I HAVE TO CONTACT YOU BASE ON THE RESENT DISCOVERING OF AN ACCOUNT IN MY BANK THAT HAVE BEING DORMANT FOR TWO YEARS NOW. THIS ACCOUNT HAVE BEING THERE WITHOUT ANY DEPOSIT OR WITHDRAWAL
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS NOW. WHEN I WENT INTO THE HISTORY OF THE ACCOUNT I FIND OUT THAT THIS ACCOUNT BELONGS TO ONE MR RAUL MARTINS A BUSINESSMAN IN SPAIN.

I TRIED TO CONTACT HIM THROUGH THE INFORMATION HE FILLED WHEN OPENING THE ACCOUNT, I FOUND OUT THAT HIS TELEPHONE NUMBER HAVE BEING WITCHED OFF FOR SO MANY DAYS. I PERSONALLY WENT TO HIS CONTACT HOUSE ADDRESS, I WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS AMONG THE VICTIM IN THE BOMB BLAST IN SPAIN. ALL EFFORT TO TRACK THE NEXT OF KIN PROVES ABORTIVE.

THE AMOUNT IN THAT ACCOUNT IS €2,750,000.00EROS (TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS) I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THIS ACCOUNT TO AVOID THE BANK TURNING THE MONEY AS A SURPLUS BY THE END OF OCTOBER. SO PLEASE DO HELP ME TO GET THIS DONE AS I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HELP ME GET THIS MONEY TRANSFERED INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.

30% OF THIS AMOUNT WILL BE FOR YOU AS YOU PROVIDE THE ACCOUNT WHICH WILL BE USE TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO.5% WILL BE FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT WILL BE INCURED 65% WILL BE FOR ME AND ONE ADMIN STAFF HERE.PLEASE DO GET BACK TO ME WITH THIS INFO:
NAME:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
TEL/FAX:
EMAIL ADDRESS.:
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS BETWEEN ME AND YOU TILL WE FINALLY ACHIEVE THIS AIM. I EXPECT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

MR MORGAN GOMEZ
REGIONAL BANK MANAGER
CAJA MADRID BANK SPAIN.
PLEASE DO GET BACK TO ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
morgangomez1@netscape.net . YOU CAN CALL ME AS WELL: 0034-627-747-095.

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