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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.

Fraud email example:

From: Soundview Consulting Team <soundviewsc@walla.com>
Reply-To: soundviewsc@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:09:21 +0100
Subject: Investigation Team


Your Kind Attention,
My name is Sharon Thompson; I work with Soundview Consulting Firm in Spain.
We are conducting a standard process investigation involving a client who shares the same name with you and also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at Radobank of Russia.
The Radobank of Russia client died interstate and nominated no next of kin to inherit the title over the investments made with Radobank. The essence of this communication with you is to request that you provide us information on three issues:
1-Are you aware of any relative/relation having the same surname, whose last

known contact address was Spain?
2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person
at the Radobank of Russia.?
3-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status

of next of kin to the deceased?
It is pertinent that you inform us as soon as possible whether or not you are familiar with
this personality that we may put an end to this communication with you and our
inquiries surrounding this personality.
You must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with more detailed information at this point.
Please respond to this mail as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to close
this investigation. .
Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Sharon Thompson.
Soundview Consulting
For: Radobank of Russia

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