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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)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +34616679868 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • peterotha@mixmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER" <peterotha@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:22:04 +0100
Subject: FROM PETER

FROM :Peter Otha
23 calle toledo,Madrid,Spain.
TEL :+34 616-679-868.
It is Pleasure to contact you at this important time for a possible bussiness transaction.However, I got your contact throught a search on the (asa/cssa/ora.directory),internet website and your profile got me convinced of your wide in business.

My name is Peter Otha,the son of Late Chief Marthins T. Otha(the former financial Director of Angola national minning corporation) who was mutilated and killed by the military junta led by Major Yoif Cdmalu after overthrowing the elected Government of President Gunter Osuman.

Though I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and disturbances in Angola but it has consistent features in CNN,BBC news bulletins. The pressure of war drove me out of Angola into exile in Spain where I have been living under political asylum for one year now.

Sadly,my mother died but before her death,she handed over to me a certificate meant for a secret deposited trunk box which my father made in a security company in Spain and she disclosed to me that the trunk box contains US$15.000.000.00 Million Dollars .

The money was paid to the minning corporation under him by it's overseas customers in the heat of the war but he made the deposit in his name with the hope of converting it to his personal use at the end of the war but was killed when the conflict intensified as a result of his opposition to the rebel forces.

I have contacted the security company to confirm the deposit and established ownership. Due to the death of my mother and the continued hostility in Angola,I have decided to solicit for the assistance of an honest and trustworthy person that will assist me in the withdrawal of the trunk box for investment purposes. Due to my present status and total ignorance in business and investment as I was in school before the outbreak of the war. You will be given a negotiable percentage of the money at the end of the transaction which we are going to discuess when i get your reply.

If you are trustworthy and interested in the proposal.Please reply immediately to my private e-mail address : peterotha@mixmail.com
Best Regards,
Peter Otha.
N/B: Further details will be communicated to you as soon as I recieve your reply.You must maintain absolute confidentiality to ensure success .Please ,include your personal telephone and fax number when replying.

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