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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • felix_matins200@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • felixmatins2006@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?felix=20matins?= <felix_matins200@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: felixmatins266@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:52:18 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOODDAY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: felix_matins200@yahoo.co.uk

>From MR.FELIX MATINS



Barclays bank PLC



Murray House



1 Royal Mint Court London



EC3N 4HH



Dear friend,



This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for

your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction requiring

maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate, I can

assure you that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other thing

you will need to know regarding this proposal will be adequately

answered to give you a clearer understanding of it, so as to arrive at a

successful conclusion. My name is MR.FELIX MATINS, Head of Securities,

Barclays bank PLc London. A foreign Client and Former Prime Minister of

Lebannon, Mr. Rafik Hariri, made several secret (fixed) Deposits for

twelve calendar months,



valued at 17,000,000.00, (seventeen Million Pounds Sterling) in my

branch. Upon maturity, the said funds could not be rolled over simply

because he died in a car bomb, No one expect the accounts officer and I know

about this transaction as he did not include anyone as his spouse or

next of kin in his portfolio. Due to the funds being temporarily

unclaimable, the funds have being moved out of our bank (as sundry funds )to an

offshore Deposit Company here in Europe. From past experiences, I know

that no one will ever come forward to claim the deceased funds.

According to English laws, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the funds will

be Unclaimable. In order to avert this negative development, my

colleague (the accounts Officer in the bank) and I do seek your permission to

allow his attorney do a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF CREDIT of

stated funds from the 'deceased' to your name, so that the funds

(seventeen Million Pounds)



would be released to you as the new owner (on behalf of my colleague

and I). We are writing you because, due to the nature of our jobs, we

cannot operate a foreign accounts with over 20,000:00 Pounds.

Consequently, you will be presented as the owner of the funds in the Deposit

Company so you can be able to claim them; after all necessary paperwork has

being effected. For us to commence, I will like you to provide the

following information immediately; 1. Full name 2. Contact address 3.

Telephone and fax numbers Once I receive these information, I will prepare

the necessary documents which will put you in place as the new owner of

the funds. The money would then be released in your favors by the

Deposit Company, for us to share in the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for you.

This deal is safe as all the paperwork for this transaction will be

done by the solicitor and this will guarantees the successful execution of

this



transaction. If you are interested, please reply via my email address.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details, and

further explanation that will help you understand the transaction. No

doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please we implore you to

observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this transaction

would be most profitable for both of us because we shall require your

assistance to invest our share in your country (Real estate and any other

ideas you may have), this is why your urgent action and response is of

great essence which will enable us conclude this transaction in a timely

and professional manner. I await your swift response through my

alternative e- mail: felixmatins2006@netscape.net and hope that you will

accept my proposal, as time is of equal essence in this project as well as

is confidentiality. Thank you and have a nice day. Respectfully yours,



MR.FELIX MATINS



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