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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:
  • "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.
  • richardmoore5@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "richard" <richardmoore008@myway.com>
Reply-To: richardmoore5@myway.com
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:36:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: NEXT OF KINS


Richard Moore,Branch ManagerHSBC Bank plc8 Canada SquareLondon E14 5HQEngland.Private E-mail: richardmoore5@myway.com SUBJECT: BENEFICIARY SUM OF 30 MILLION POUNDS STERLING GB.I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the next of kin/will beneficiary to Mrs. Sigrid Fassnacht, a foreigncontractor from Cologne, Germany who died on a plane crash on July 25th 2000 with her husband Rudi Fassnacht. Her husband and their two childrenalso perished in the air France Concorde New York bound flight; please click here for verification.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmBefore her death, she was a contractor to British National Petroleum Co-operation (BNPC) and has a bank balance with my bank to the tune of(30 million pounds sterling GBP) which will be paid to you as her next of kin/will beneficiary. For your information, I am the Branch Manager with HSBC Bank Plc London.The board of directors of HSBC Bank Plc which I am also a member, mandated me
to look for any known relation of Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht,since after her death. However, all my efforts traces abortive, that is the main reason I am writing you this to ask for your co-operation for usto claim this money because it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit and invest it, because ifnobody comes forward to claim the fund it will be forfeited to the government, based on that I have contacted you to assist me in makingthis transaction a reality. I only have to approve you as the next of kin/will beneficiary and the fund will be paid to you as the beneficiary. We areto share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% to charity and the tsunami victims if you are really interested in this offer youshould contact me through this email address: richardmoore5@myway.comFor detail of this transaction and procedures, please do forward me your full address, phone number/mobile number,your company name oroccupation these info
will enable me commence immediately to secure all legal documents in your favor on your acceptance to fully co-operate with me.I await your urgent response at my private email richardmoore5@myway.com to enable us jumpstart this project andnurture it to reality.Yours faithfully,Richard Moore,Branch ManagerHSBC Bank plc8 Canada SquareLondon E14 5HQEngland.

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