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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)
• 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.
  • +447024023371 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • mr.charles_andersonhegland@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hegland_charles@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:52:30 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Can=20I=20Trusth=20you=20=21=21=21?=

Hallmark Finance's Institutional
Investments Banking Bills and Exchange
http://www.hallmark.co.uk.tt/
United Kingdom.

Dear sir/madam,
I am Mr.charles anderson hegland, the head of Corporate and Institutional
Banking Bills and exchange Standard Chartered bank london.

MY PROPOSITIONS;
During my audit exercise in my office,I discovered an adandoned sum of US
$38,320,000.00.{Thirty eight Million three hundred and twenty thousand United
State dollors} in an acount that belong to one of my customers, a German
Estate Tycoon {andreas Schranner} who died on the sep 11th, 2001, at World
Trade Center {New York}.
As the head of our organization,I hereby seek your permission to have you
stand as next of kin to the deceased, so that the funds {fourteen Million
three hundred and twenty thousand or more United State dollars} can be released
and paid into your account.
Please,if my prososition is acceptable,kindly provide the following;
1.Your name and address
2.Direct telephone and fax number
I await your urgent mail and please do not forget to reply to my other email
for security purpose {mr.charles_andersonhegland@yahoo.co.uk} or call contact
me on my private number to have more discssion +44 702 402 3371

Best Regards,
Mr.Charles Anderson Hegland

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