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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.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • oliver_west_family004@yahoo.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?oliver=20west?= <oliver_west_family004@yahoo.pl>
Reply-To: oliver_west_family1@strompost.com
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:57:05 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: hello


Mam nowy adres elektroniczny!Odtad listy do mnie nalezy wysylac na adres: oliver_west_family004@yahoo.pl

Hello


I am Oliver West Esq,Barrister and Solicitor.This mail is written and intended to solicit


your assistance to be presented as NEXT OF KIN to my Late Client,Mr.Richard Burson, (77,


Venice Isles,Florida, USA). Mr. Richard Burson made a fixed Deposit of Funds

with a Security Firm in London and unfortunately lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990,


which crashed

into the Atlantic Ocean on November 2nd, 1999(news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm)


and left no clearbeneficiary as Next of Kin except some vital documents related to the

Deposit still with me.


The Governing Body of the BANK has contacted me on this matter and I am yet to provide the


Next of Kin to lay claims to the Fund. Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I


shall seek your consent to beresented asthe next of Kin so that my late Clients' Fund will


not be confiscated by the BANK. For the sake of transparency on this matter,you are free to


make immediate contact with me through my e-mail for further information related to this


matter.


Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance while we expect your prompt response.



Yours faithfully,



Oliver West Esq.

- oliver west

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