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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "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)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "ich habe eine neue e-mail-adresse!" (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.
  • mark_jones_1234@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mark=20Jones?= <mark_jones_1234@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: attorney_markjones@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:48:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: VERY GOOD NEWS


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: mark_jones_1234@yahoo.de

FROM DR.GEORGE MARTINS OFFICE OF THE CORPORATE / BANKING BILLS AND

EXCHANGE ARAB BANK PLC 73 BROOKS LONDON W1K 4HX


ATTN:PLEASE, First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction,

this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top

secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make

any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring that this is real and

genuine. I am Dr.Mark Jones the head of corporate and institutional

banking Bills and Exchange Arab Bank Plc 73 Brooks street London W1k

4HX.



I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable

person to handle this Confidential Transaction, which involves the

transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum

confidence. MY PROPOSITION; During my audit exercise i discovered an

abandoned sum of US$10.5m (Ten million Five hundred thousand united states

dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our customers a german estate

tycoon (Andreas Schranner ) who died along with his wife and entire

family on 25th July, 2000,Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash.

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to

lay claims for this money as the heir. Arab Bank cannot release the

fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin

to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, unfortunately,

no family member nor relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund.

Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as

next of kin to the deceased so that the funds (Ten million five hundred

thousand united states dollars) can be released and paid into your

account as the beneficiary's next of kin otherwise the fund will be

returned to treasury as unclaimed funds and will be subsequently conficicated

by the british government at the expiration of seven year duration.



All documents to enable you receive this funds will be carefully worked

out. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our

mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following; 1. Your

name and address 2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers 3 Your full banking

information and your bank account number where the said sum will be

deposited .



These requirements will enable us file letters of claim to the

appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the

transfer can be made. I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as

stated thus: On final conclusion of this project, 60% of this shall be for

me, while 35% shall be for you and the remaining 5% shall be used to

compensate either party for any expenses incurred. Your share 35% stays

while, my 60% share shall be used for investment purposes in your

country. For your confirmations,you can visit this website for more info

Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm If this proposal is

acceptable by you, do not takeundue advantage of the trust we have

bestowed in you,



Best Regards,


Dr.Mark Jones.



- Mark Jones

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