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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • aut_anderson@k.ro

Fraud email example:

From: "Authur Anderson" <aut_anderson45@msn.com>
Reply-To: "Authur Anderson" <aut_anderson@k.ro>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 12:01:28 +0100
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Direct Phone: +874-7629-18970

Direct Fax: +874-7629-18971

Direct Mobile: +882-1646-685796

E-mail: aut_anderson@k.ro

Dear Sir,


I am Authur Anderson, a solicitor, and the personal attorney to Mr. Francois Hoel, who is the President/Chief Executive Officer of (HGMT) Hoel Incorporated France, Herein referred as my client.

On the 2nd, of September 1998 at: 11:16 p.m. EDT (0316 GMT, Swissair Jetliner, with 229 passengers on board bound from New York JFK to Geneva, Switzerland, crashed catastrophically off the coast of Nova Scotia vanishes from radar near Nova Scotia Halifax, my client Mr. Francois Hoel, and his wife Mrs. Anne Sophie Hoel, with their three children Marie-Francoise Hoel, Olivia Hoel, Paul Edward Hoel, were involved in a horrific flight crash, 215 passengers and 14 crew members unfortunately lost their lives in the disastrous crash of Swissair Flight 111.May their gentle souls rest in glorious peace Amen.

However, I have taken it upon myself to trace the next of kin if possible claim the sum of US $85,500,000.00 (Eighty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only), which is the total payable to the next of kin. The funds have already been withdrawn from the federal bank of South Africa and boxed. My late client deposited this cash with a security company without them knowing the content of the boxes for security reasons.

If you are interested in the business, a quick arrangement for you to claim the funds will be made to avoid the cash being returned to South African government as untraceable/unclaimed dividend. We cannot wait and see such amount of money wasting in the government coffer.

This claim must be made not latter than three weeks time.

After the business, each partner will be entitled to receive half of the money and I will then let you know how I am going to meet you in your country for investment discussion. Note, that this business is 100% legal, risk free and should be handled with utmost urgency and confidentiality.

You can reach me on my direct telephone, fax and mobile as indicated above without adding my country code. All replies should be forwarded to this confidential e-mail address: aut_anderson@k.ro

BEST REGARDS,
AUTHUR ANDERSON
AUTHUR ANDERSON CHAMBERS

Website of Disaster: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/07/swissair.victims.list/index.html




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