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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • adamscott@terra.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • adamscott@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "adam scott" <adamscott1908@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: adamscott@terra.es
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:24:24 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION:AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE

Good day,

I am Mr. Adams Scott,a Manager of the Broad Street
Cahoot Holding & Finance Ltd in London.

On June 6, 2000, a Consultant with the Exxon Mobil oil
company in Malaysia, Mr. Alfred Carlson made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months,to the tune of £14,000,000.00(Fourteen
Million, Pounds Sterling) in my Branch.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, I wrote a reminder and finally I
discovered from his employers, Exxon Mobil Corporation
that Mr. Alfred Carlson died in an explosion while
working on one of their Oil Rigs in Malaysia.

On further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL.

I therefore made additional investigation and
discovered that Mr.Alfred Carlson did not declare any
next of kin or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit papers in our
possession.

The sum of £15,000,000.00, which represents Capital
and Interest on the deposit, has been carefully moved
out of my bank to a security company for safekeeping.

No one will ever come forward to claim it.

According to our Banking Act of 1990, at the
expiration of 6 (Six)years,the money will revert to
the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund.

I would want you, as a person to stand in as his Next
of Kin.

You will then be entitled to the deposit.

I will prepare all the paper work and necessary
documents involved and as the manager of the branch
and custodian of the deposit.

I will ensure that all the documents regarding this
Money reflect your name as the next of Kin to Late Mr.
Alfred Carlson.

I will share the money with you in the ratio 35:5:60.
35% for your effort,5%for logistics and 60% for me.


I want to assure you that there is virtually no risk
on your person as you will not be made to appear in
person and all the paper work will be prepared in your
name by me.

To achieve this: you will first of all, assure me that
you will maintain strict confidentiality on this
information and must assure me that you will not make
away with the money when it gets into your possession
and that no harm will befall me when I join you to
invest my share of the money.

Your reply is urgently needed.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details.

Reply to my confidential email
address:adamscott@terra.es or
adamscott@sify.com

Please observe utmost confidentiality.

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Regards.
Scott Adams

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