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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.
  • +447040112846 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "joe_matin" <joe_matin@spray.se>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:31:56 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSITANT


ATTENTION SIR/MADAM, I AM MR.JOE MATIN. A BRITISH NATIONAL AND THE HEAD OF PRIVATE BANKING SECTION IN LONDON ENGLAND .MYSELF AND MY ASSOCIATES IN MY DEPARTENT HAVE EARLIER IN THE YEAR RECOVERED THE SUM OF USD$24,000,000.00 (TWENTY FOUR MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH THE ACCOUNT WAS OPERATED ON THE 9TH OF SEPTEMBER 2001 AND THE SAID ACCOUNT WAS A SAUDI REGISTERED COMPANIES ACCOUNT. IN THE CAUSE OF DOING OUR JOBS,WE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPANY ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE COMPANYS DIRECTORS DOESN'T EXIST WE HAD NO OPTION THAN TO MOVE THE FUND TO A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT AND CLOSE UP THE ACCOUNT. AS A RESULT OF THIS,BASED ON FREVIOUS RECORDS BEFORE LONG, THESE FUND WILL BE REVERTED BACK TO COMPANIES TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS, BUT BEFORE THIS HAPPENS WE HAVE CONCLUDED AND CONSILED ARRANGEMENTS TO CONFIDENTIAL AND RESPECTABLE PERSON OR BODY IN LESS THAN(7) SEVEN WORKING DAY'S. THE ARRANGEMENT IS THIS, WE WILL EFFECT THE TRANSFER TO ANY TRUSTED ACCOUNT AFTER WHICH WE WILL GRA
NT 40% TO YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WHILE MY GROUP WILL MAKE DUE WITH 60%. BESIDES,THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED IN THIS TRANSACTION AS EVERY BIT WILL BE HANDLED IN A PROFFESSIONAL MANNER AND UTMOST SINCEREITY AND CONFIDENTIAL. YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY IMPERATIVE YOURS FAITHFULLY, JOE MATIN. CHIEF FINANCIAL(CFO) HERE IS MY CONTACT NUMBER IF NEEDED:+447040112846/+447031941869

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