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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)
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • lazaruslimbre_hsbc@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lazaruslimbre12" <lazaruslimbre12@canada.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:29:06 -0800
Subject: SEEKING FOR PARTNERSHIP


HSBC
Our Reference: 20 / 725 / NW

SUBJECT: SEEKING FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR INHERITANCE FUND OF TWO
MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUND STERLING.

Attn:

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. Lazarus Limbre I am a staff of HSBC BANK PLC
in UNITED KINGDOM - LONDON. I work in the operations dept
where I serve as account officer to numerous customers. I am
contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of
money from a deceased account. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive
and worried, but I am assuring you that every documents that
will bring about the success of this transition would be
provided, and all will be well at the end of the day. I
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.

The deceased person who died Mr Abdou Elzanaty died in an
air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline with other passengers on board was an
American Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid
Minerals Corporation. You can confirm his death from the BBC
WORLD NEWS published

Website below.
WEBSITE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make
claims for this money as his heir, because They all died in
the same accident himself and his wife (May their soul rest
in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you
stand as a next of kin to the deceased, As all
documentations will be carefully worked to make you the
beneficiary to the funds 2,300 000 00 GBP (Two million three
hundred thousand Great British pound sterling) which will be
released in your favor as the next of kin. Because after
twelve years the money will be called back to the bank
Treasury as unclaimed bills and the money will be shared
amongst the directors of the bank.

So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his name
shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds
rather than allow the bank directors to share this money
among them selves at the end of the year.

It may interest you to know that we have secured from the
probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased
beneficiaries. Please acknowledge the receipt of this
message in acceptance of our mutual benefit.

For our personal contact and mutual trust in each other.

I shall be compensating you with 35% of the above amount on
final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while
we will keep aside 5% for expenses that may occurre in the
process of this transaction from both parties, which will be
refunded at the end of the transaction, the balance 60%
shall be for me for investment purposes, because I intend to
retire after the conclusion of this transaction and relocate
to your country of residence.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to
contact me immediately via this my most confidential email
(lazaruslimbre_hsbc@myway.com). Do not take undue Advantage
of the trust I have bestowed in you. Please reach me
immediately on the above email address to furnish you with
more details of operation and the modalities. Above all,
please handle this deal with maturity and absolute
confidentiality

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours truly,
Mr. lazarus Limbre





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