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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • kelvia_michelle@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrsolomon1965@interfree.it
Reply-To: kelvia_michelle@yahoo.com
Date: 2 Aug 2006 10:16:23 -0000
Subject: REPLY ME



25 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN.

From Mr.Kelvia
In order to
transfer out (Twelve million, five hundred thousand British pounds)
from our bank . I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest
person who will be capable for this important business transaction,
believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.

The
owner of this account is Mr. David Hagen foreigner and the Manager Of
petrol chemical service,a chemical engineer by Proffession and he died
since 1990.the account has no other beneficiary And my Investigation
proved to me as well that his
company does not know anything About
this account.

I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign
account abroad but i don't know any foreigner,i know that this message
will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before,but be
sure that it is real and a genuine business.

I believe in God that you
will never let me down in this transaction,at the conclusion of this
business,you will be giving 30% of the total amount,70% will be for me.
I look forward to your earliest reply by email for more details.Please
contact me via my personal email: kelvia_michelle@yahoo.com

Best
regards,
Mr.Kelvia



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