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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 deposit" (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)
• 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.
  • +447031870099 (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.
  • jimwishart77@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrivDR SAM PEART <qwyinfofunds@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:19:19 +0200
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION vmqw


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

I am Dr Sam Peart, a private financial consultant in United Kingdom. I am the personal financial /
business consultant to a relative of yours name withheld. He died without any will. Hence, I am
contacting you. I need you to assist in securing the money And property left behind by my client before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where his huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the security company where the deceased had a safe deposit box valued Twenty million,
($20m) United States Dollars which is in Europe.

Your relative signed vital documents to withhold identity from you until you are able to claim the safe
deposit box from the company in europe and find out yourself. I seek your consent to present you as
beneficiary, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $20 million Dollars can be paid to you and
then you and me can share the money. The sharing ratio will be 60% to you and 37% to me for my
services, while 3% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.

If you consent to cooperate with me as the beneficiary,We will prepare all necessary documents to back
up claims providing proofs. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us execute this deal with
absolute confidentiality from you. We guarantee that this will be done under a legitimate/official
arrangement that will protect you now and in future.

Please get in touch with me by email to enable us advance further. email: jimwishart77@netscape.net

Best Regards,

Dr Sam Peart.
phone number: +44703 187 0099
email: jimwishart77@netscape.net


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