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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.
• 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.
  • paul_coleman@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paulcoleman@terra.es" <paulcoleman@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:43:19 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT




Dear ,
My name is MR PAUL COLEMAN and I worked with the legal department of a leading bank in United Kingdom.(UK)
We had a customer (DAVID AQUINO)that had a deposit of 4.5M (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds)before he died in a plane crash with his wife and only Child about 4 years now (January 30,2002) and since he died, the Bank have been expecting his/her next of kin/relative(s) for the inheritance of the deposit,but none has surfaced.

The policy of the Bank however stipulates a limited time period for such inheritance to be made or the fund will be written off going by the record of the incident, the time limit for the claim is closing up.
In this consideration, I am contacting you to seek for your kind understanding and sincere co-operation to claim this inheritance for our mutual benefit .

If you can stand as the next of kin in this project,success is assured because I am in possession of the personal file jacket of the deceased which contains every needed information about the account and the deceased and you and I stand no risk of any kind because I have enough information to support you in claiming the inheritance.

The proceedings of the transaction will be shared 50% if interested

include your mobile/fax number for effective communication.
Best Regards,
MR PAUL COLEMAN.

CONTACT ME DIRECTLY IN MY PRIVATE MAIL

paul_coleman@myway.com





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