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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million 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)
  • "deadline" (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 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.
  • i_honama190@london.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "issac honama" <issac_190@msn.com>
Reply-To: i_honama190@london.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:42:11 +0000
Subject: MR ISSAC HONAMA ,,








MR ISSAC HONAMA
PROPERTY & LEASE MANAGERS
26 KESINGTON COURT LONDON,
ENGLAND.
EMAIL:i_honama190@london.com
Dear Friend,

I write you in good faith, hoping that you will treat this letter as
a
desperate search for assistance in a matter that shall benefit both of us.A
random search based on your locality from the Internet produced your
address,Please I apologies for this medium of contact as it appears the only
definite way I can have assistance with this matter.

I am ISSAC HONAMA a property Manager to a deceased Immigrant property
magnate
who was based in the U.K.,also referred to as my client.On Monday, 31 July,
2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK, my client, his wife and their two Children died in
the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a
world cruise, I have been managing his properties here in the U.K.and some
others which he put out for sale. The properties which have long been put
out
on sale have now been paid for and now the money paid has long been
deposited
into his local bank account here. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money and estate left behind by my client before they get
confiscated
or declared unserviceable by his bank. Particularly, the bank has issued me
with a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account
confiscated within a short period of time.

My late client has an account valued at 18 Million United States Dollars
Only.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my client?s
relatives for some time now and with no one coming forward since my clients
passing on,and with the bank now giving me a deadline, I now seek your
consent
to present you as the next of kin to my deceased client, so that the
proceeds
of his account valued at 18 Million United States Dollars Only can be paid
to
you.
This I intend we share amongst ourselves in the ratio of 50% to me and 40%
for
you while the balance 10% we shall use for settling any miscellaneous
expenses
that might arise.I have all the necessary Information that can be used to
back
up any Claim that we may make and I can assure you that you shall be paid
this
amount as the next of kin to my late client.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Trust me as
his
Manager of his Estates,as I have all the needed
information, that this is a risk-free relationship.

Please get in touch with me via email:i_honama190@london.com If you are
interested in helping me, so that we can discuss and I can send to you
additional details.

Best regards,

Issac Honama

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