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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million us dollars" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447024052518 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "duncan_roberts1@terra.es" <duncan_roberts1@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:47:23 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: YOUR FUND IS BEING WITH HELD!



INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BANKING CO-OPERATION,
UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL: +447024052518
EMAIL:IIBC_IIBC@walla.com

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT OF $1,000,000.00 USD,(ONE
MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY)WHICH WAS AWARDED TO YOU BY INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT BANKING CO-OPERATION,(IIBN) IN THE WORLDWIDE CHARITY
PROGRAM.WHICH YOUR EMAIL ID WON IN THE ONLINE ZONAL CHARITY POOL
DRAWN ON THE 25TH OF AUGUST 2006,IS NOW BEING HELD IN THE TRANSIT
ACCOUNT AT THE FOREIGN PAYMENT MONITORING COMMITTE(FPMC).

THE BANK HAS JUST NOTIFIED OUR OFFICE THAT THE FUNDS HAD ARRIVED
FROM THE ISSUEING BANK OVERSEAS WHICH HAS BEEN COMFIRMED BY THEIR FUND TRANSFER DEPARTMENT, AND IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THEIR SUSPENCE TRANSIT ACCOUNT NUMBER WHICH WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU UPON FULFILMENT OF ALL REQUIREMENTS.

YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO CONTACT,MR ANDREW STONE, THE FUDICIARY AGENT OF FOREIGN PAYMENT MONITORING COMMITTEE(FPMC),UK, THROUGH THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS:fudiciarydept_fpmc@uk2.net, FOR IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION AND A CLARIFICATION THAT THE FUND ON HOLD IS EXACTLY WHAT YOUR EMAIL ID WON IN THE ONLINE CHARITY POOL, BEFORE YOUR
MONEY WILL BE COMFISCATED BY THE FINANCE HOUSE NOT LATER THAN
TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF THIS NOTIFICATION
.
KINDEST REGARDS,

DUNCAN ROBERTS,
CO-ODINATOR.
WORLDWIDE ONLINE CHARITY PROGRAM,
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BANKING COOPERATION,
(IIBC)






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