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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • "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.
  • walterwhite3xx@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • walterwhitex@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Walter=20White?= <walterwhite3xx@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: walterwhitex@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 01:36:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: COMETH INTERNATIONAL BANK LONDON UK


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: walterwhite3xx@yahoo.com.ph

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a staff of Cometh International Bank London.

I am writing following an oppurtunity in my office

that will be of imense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of

£10.5million British Pounds Sterling (Ten million five

hundred thousand British Pounds) in an account that

belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.

Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his

life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261

which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife

and only daughter. You shall read more about the crash

on visiting this site.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

and

www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

Now the bank has been waiting for any of the relatives

to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that.I

personally has been unsuccessful in locating the

relatives for 2 years now, I seek your consent to

present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to

the deceased so that the proceeds of this account

valued at £10.5Million British Pounds Stering can be

paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in these

percentages, 50% to me and 50% to you. I will secure

all necessary legal documents that can be used to back

up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest

Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us

see this transaction through.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a

legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any

breach of the law.

Please, provide me the following:

1. Full Name

2. Your Telephone Number

3. Your Contact Address.

Please get in touch with me by my secured and

confidential e-mail address at: walterwhitex@yahoo.co.uk

or the above stated private telephone numbers to enable

us discuss further.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and

appreciated.

Best regards,

MR WALTER WHITE.


Private e-mail: walterwhitex@yahoo.co.uk

- Walter White

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