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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:
  • "my direct telephone number" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
• 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.
  • robert_david033@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?Robert=20David?= <robert_david033@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: robertdavid1@rediffmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 02:21:14 +0800 (CST)
Subject: TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING


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FROM:Robert David

575 Finchley Road

London NW3 7BJ,U.K.

UNITED KINGDOM.






PROPOSITION:

My name is Robert David. I am a friend and a personal councellor to a

former credit manager and then the account officer of a foreigner named Gerard

St.Germain who died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999

in an Egyptian airline 990, with other passengers on board. You can confirm this

from the website below.


http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html


My friend resigned from the bank months ago because of internal family problems,but before his resignaton he was managing the deposit accountof the late Gerard St Germain were he had access to some vital informationas to how the funds will be paid to the next of kin. Since his death,none of his next-of-kin is alive to make claims for this money as his heir,because

theyall died in the same accident, him and the wife, Yvette St.Germain (May their soul rest in peace). The bank cannot release the funds from his account unlesssomeone applies for the claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in their banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, my friend asked me to look fora reliable person to stand as the next of kin because he can not handle this directly since he has worked in the bank, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be

carefully worked out by me and my friend for the funds valued (&pound;15,000,000.00) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary s next of kin. After four years the bank is permitted by law of UK to send the money to the treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank. It is on this basis, that my friend asked me to seek for whom shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.


Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance to this noble offerby furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.1.A Beneficiary name and address in order for me to to get a probate for the transfer of the funds in your name.2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and mutual discussion.Upon you acceptance, I shall give you my direct telephone number so that we can discuss freely.We shall be compensating you with four million Pounds (&pound;4Million Pounds) on final conclusion of this project for your assistance,while the remaining (&pound;11 Million Pounds) will be

shared between me and my friend.If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately,if not please disregard this email.

Regards,

Robert David


















- Robert David

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