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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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (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.
  • daniel_gerard@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ge34@email.it
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:13:36 +0200
Subject: Mutual Relationship


Greetings to you and your family,
I choose to reach you today by email because it is the fastest and most
secured means of communication available to me right now. However,this
correspondence is un-official and private,and should be treated with
confidentiality.
I am Mr.Daniel Gerard,a senior account manager with Shanghai Commercial
Bank,London branch; I am contacting you based on trust and confidentiality
that will be attached to this transaction.
The Management and the Legal department of my Bank in a recent meeting,
recommended that the account of one of my late client CANTOR FITZGERALD,who
was one of my branch depositors,if yet unclaimed by next month should be
declared dormant and sent to the Bank\'s Treasury according to our Banking
and financial law.
My late client CANTOR FITZGERALD,died in world trade centre september
11,2001 incident that befell the United State of America,ever since the
incident the bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the relatives
to claim this money but without success, you can confirm through this site:
http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htm
CANTOR FITZGERALD is a national of your country and worked as an expertriate
with an oil firm here,he is an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar
account with the sum of US$6,200,000.00 (Six Million, two hundred thousand
United States Dollars only) deposited in a fixed deposit account with my
branch .In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the Dollar account
holder(the brother) nor any relative of his has shown up to claim his money
because he has the account as a secret account thus he left all the
documents for the deposit with me.
I am fully convinced that no one will come forward to claim the funds before
the given period,this is where I am interested and why I want to present you
as the relation of the deceased,I will use my position here in the bank and
give you the relevant documents and contacts to file the application and
then effect the approvals for the transfer of the money to your nominated
bank account, I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the
claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we should handle it.
Please include your Private Telephone/Fax Number/Contact Address when
replying this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you
indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction.
Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to to my late client
as I am in position to afix your name as the next of kin.
The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund retrieved
successfully.After the transfer of the money we shall share the money
60-40,that is I will have 60% while you will have 40%.
I await your urgent response to this mail.Reply to my Private E-mail:
daniel_gerard@latinmail.com
Yours truly,
Mr.Daniel Gerard
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