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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (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.
  • attorneycontact@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr
Reply-To: attorney2005@luxmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:20:05 +0200
Subject: Mr. William Wise


Mr,Thomas Malcolm
Wetton and Associates
Bromley Rd,London BW1 3AN

Dear Friend,
I am Thomas Malcolm, Attorney to Mr. William Wise, a British Contractor with the British Pertroleum Corporation, United Kingdom. I have an important business proposition for you.My Client, Mr. William Wise died in the London blast of July 7th, 2005 and He made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$11m in Diba Finance which expired October 30th 2005. Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month precisely November 2005, I sent another reminder and still had no response.
From file, he died without making a will and all attempts to trace his next of kin has been fruitless.I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr,Thomas Malcolm did not declare any next of kin or relations in any of his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my possession. This sum of US$11m is currently unclaimed. From experience no one will ever come forward to claim it and according to inheritance Laws of the United Kingdom, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Local Government Authorities here in London, United Kingdom, if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. William Wise so that the funds can be claimed. How is it possible? It is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names, telephone numbers and a brief description about yourself. We can then arrange for the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. I shall draft and notarize a will in your favour and also secure all the necessary documents for the transaction.

An order can then be sent to the Bank to pay the money into any specified account of our choice and we share in the ratio 30:60 and 10% for expenses that we would jointly incur towards the completion of the business. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by myself. If you are interested, please reply immediately to my private email box : attorneycontact@gawab.com
Upon your response, I shall give you a number to call me for further discussions. You should please observe utmost confidentiality of the transaction.

Yours faithful
Mr,Thomas Malcolm

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