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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:
  • "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.
  • anpet01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "anpet03@terra.es" <anpet03@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:59:54 +0100 (MET)
Subject: FROM MR ANDY PETER



Mr.Andy Peter
Riggs Bank Benin.
I am Mr.Andy Peter. head of Auditing,Riggs Bank Benin.
On Wednesday 19 April, 2000 one Mr. Andreas Schranne,
German National, a property magnate, whom I was his
accounting officer made a numbered time Fixed Deposit,valued at
$6,550,000.00 Six Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand USD for
twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch. Upon Maturity, we sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After
a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered that Mr.Andreas
Schranne, his wife and only daughter was aboard the AF4590 plane, which
crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo.You can read more
about the crash on visiting this site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
My investigation proved that he died with his supposed next of kin the daughter
Mrs.Andrea Eich in the crash. The total sum, $6,550,000.00 is still in my bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. Consequently, I shall
present you to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas
Schranne.
Consequently, upon acceptance of this proposal, I will give
you detailed information on how this deal would be carried out. The
money will be shared in the ratio: sixty five percent 65% for me,
thirty five percent 35% for you.
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law as I will use my position as the Bank's head of
Auditors and his accounting officer to secure approvals and guarantee
the successful execution of this transaction. Please be informed that
your utmost confidentiality is required.Please kindly reply to my private email box anpet01@yahoo.fr
On your reply include your
1Private telephone/fax number.
2Your full name
3 your address.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Best regards,
Mr.Andy Peter





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