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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447031929760 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • jamescamp6@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "james campbell" <james_campbell001@msn.com>
Reply-To: james_campbell101@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:46:15 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED.

FROM THE DESK OF JAMES CAMPBELL.
UNITED KINGDOM.
+447031929760



GOOD DAY,


(URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSACTION)

I am the manager at the auditing and accounting
department of one of the commercial banks here in
United Kingdom In my department we discovered an
abandoned sum of US$33.5m dollars ( US dollars) in an
account belonging
to one of our foreign customer Andreas Schranner.Who
died along with his entire family on Monday,31
July,2000 in a plane crash in paris.

Please visit this site that is one of the evidence .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his
money, because we cannot release it unless somebody
applies for it as next of kin or relation to the
deceased as
indicated in our banking laws but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation
died alongside with him at the plane crash, leaving
nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided
to make this business proposal to you and release the
money to you as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased for safety
and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for
it and we don't want this money to go into the bank
treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if
such money
remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be
transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer
was a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a
respect to the provision of a foriegn account ,10%
will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will
visit your country
for disbursement according to the percentage
indicated.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this
fund to your designated bank account ,you must apply
first to the bank as a relation or next of kin of the
deceased with a text of application that i will send
to you,so i will like you to send to me your private
telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where the money
will be
remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax
or email the text of the application . I will not fail
to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as
all required arrangements have been made for the
transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you
receive this letter on my private email
box:jamescamp6@yahoo.com.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Regards,

Yours Faithfully,

James Campbell.




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