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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (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.
  • mrpeteradams01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mradamspeter@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mr peter adams" <mradamspeter5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrpeteradams01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:04:40 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

Dear sir/ma.

I am DR.PETER ADAMS. Bank Manager of Allied Irish Bank of London, London
Branch. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. (
MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany)who died along with his entire
family in Monday, 31 July, 2000, with a plane crash. he was a
consultant/contractor with the UK National Petroleum Corporation London, MR.
ANDREAS SCHRANNER made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months, valued at US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen- Million Dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I 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, the UK National Petroleum Corporation that MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER
died along with his entire family of a wife and his only daughter in air
crash with Air France Concorde plane, you can view the below website to
confirm.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



On further investigation, We found out that he died without making a WILL,
and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$15,000,000.00 is still
sitting 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.
According to London UK Law, at the expiration of 6 (SIX) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the UNITED KINDOM Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you
as an Foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER so
that the fruits of this old man’s labor will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney will prepare
the necessary documents and affidavits, which will put you in place as the
next of kin. We shall employ the service of two Attorneys for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any
part of the world, which you will provide, will then facilitate the transfer
of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid
into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for
you.

The Vide Remittance Code Number is : (MA791RBZ53AFR06) and
File Approval Number is: (GTB/UK07/TR9US/2004).

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please
reply immediately via the private email address below. Upon your response, I
shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will
help you understand the transaction. Please observe utmost confidentiality,
and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your
country.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email: bellow:

E-mail --(mrpeteradams01@yahoo.co.uk)
E-mail--(mradamspeter@yahoo.fr)
Best Regard

PETER ADAMS

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