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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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 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.
  • +447040115023 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • west_pacbank@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • bar_morgan2000@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barryston morgan <west_pacbank@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bar_morgan2000@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 09:02:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: west_pacbank@yahoo.com

WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION.

CENTRAL PARK LONDON ENGLAND

OFFICE ADDRESS: 188 HIGH ROAD,

LOUGHTON, ESSEX.

UNITED KINGDOM.

MOBILE PHONE: +44(704)0115023

DIRECT CELL +44(704)0102888

E-MAIL;bar_morgan2000@yahoo.co.uk


Attn;




Having obtained your contact that you have been doing all what is

necessary to deserve trust, coupled with my deep interest to invest in your country, I decided to contact and solicit your mutual assistance at all cost.


I am MR. BARRYSTON MORGAN ,Branch Manager,WestpacBanking Corporation

London.


On January 6th 2003, one Mr. Claude Brian Best, an American National, a

consultant/contractor with Gardiner & Theobald,a leading firm of

project and cost management consultants, made a numbered time (Fixed)

Deposit,valued at £5,500,000.00(Five Million,Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) for twelve calender months in my Bank Branch.


Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address

but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we

discovered from his contract employers (Gardiner & Theobald) that Mr.Claude Brian Best died from an automobile accident. On further investion, it was discovered that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.


On further investigations, it was discovered that Late Mr. Claude Brian

Best did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official

documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work here at the Bank.The

total sum, £5,500,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is being

rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will

ever come forward to claim it. In accordance with the Federal banking

Laws and constitution, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money

will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies as the

next of Kin to claim the funds.Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to late Mr. Claude Brian Best so that you and I can benefit from the fruits of this old man's labour.


Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you the

WestpacBanking Corporation "Next of Kin Payment Application Form" as well as detailed information on how this deal would be transacted.


We shall employ the services of a solicitor for the drafting of the

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of Late Mr. Claude Brian Best and to obtain all

other relevant papers in your name for the necessary documentations for

payment approval in my bank headquarters in your favour.

The money will be shared in the ratio:Sixty percent for me, thirty five

percent for you and five percent for any arising contigencies during

the course of this transaction.


I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement

that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the Bank's Branch Manager to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.


Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If

this interests you, please reply me immediately via the private email

address please include your private telephone number for voice contact and fax number so I can provide you with more details and relevant

documents that will help you understand the transaction.


Awaiting your urgent reply.


Thanks.


Best Regards,


MR. BARRYSTON MORGAN.




- barryston morgan

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