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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447783708297

Fraud email example:

From: Peter Cole <mr_pcole15@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 21:13:35 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Thanks for your response


Hello Madras House,

Thanks for your response. I am glad that you did quite well by indicating your interest to assist me in this transaction. However, I want to let you know that this transfer is legal and 100% risk free and I promise that I will not let you down. First I want you to understand that the money (15,000,000.00 Pound Sterling) we are talking about now is still in the owners account in my bank so I need your assistance to facilitate this transaction so that we can work the money out from my bank.

The account was owned by an Australian Engineer who died shortly after opening the account. But the good news is that he never specified a beneficiary or next of kin to the account. So, I believe you will do well to claim the money as the next of kin. Below is how we are going to proceed to avoid any mistake.

1: I want to let you know that i need a reliable account details from you where the fund will be transferred to. If you can be fast, The transfer can be concluded under 7 banking days but you should keep the business to yourself. You should not tell your bank that money is coming to your account until all the needed legal transfer documents is ready in your name. I will tell you what and when to tell your bank with all the necessary Legal document to back the source and origin of the fund.

2: With the account information, I will start to process the Foreign Payment Approval in your favour from the HMT Treasury.

3: Once the fund is approved for transfer in your favour, you as the foreign beneficiary will be required to sign the Final Fund Release Order in person in the presence of the management of the bank here in London.

4: During your visit to the bank down here in London you will still be there after the signing, if your bank has an online banking service and confirm from your bank that the money is already in your account before traveling back to your country.

5: In case you may not be disposed to come in person to the bank over here for the final signing of the approval documents, we can hire a government accredited attorney who is going to represent you in this transfer and in all the signing of all the necessary transfer order documents as you would have probably done if physically present.

6: As soon as the lawyer signs the documents the funds will be transferred to your nominated account by swift transfer(T/T Remittance). Since the owner of the account died without a "WILL", the attorney will prepare all the supporting proofs, which will be needed by the bank for the fund to be released and transferred to your account as the beneficiary.

7: On receipt of your account information and your full name, the attorney will send to the bank the DEATH CERTIFICATE OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS FUNDS, FROM THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED, SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT OF FACT/CLAIMS FROM THE COURT WHICH WILL STATE YOU AS THE TRUE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND AND THE NEXT OF KIN AND ALSO THAT THIS IS AN INHERITANCE FUND, AND THE LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION FROM COURT ALSO WHICH WILL STATE THAT MR. JOHN HUGHES DIED WITH A "WILL".

Send to me as a matter of urgency the following informations so that i can make all the necessary changes to your name in our bank files and computers as the next of kin to Mr. John Hughes.
1. DATE OF BIRTH
2. YOUR OCCUPATION
3. YOUR PICTURE I.D.
4. YOUR FULL NAME & ADDRESS
5. YOUR PERSONAL TEL/FAX NUMBERS
6. YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS (Necessary for the transfer)

Finally, call me on my private telephone number: +447783708297 Hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regard's

Mr. Peter Cole.

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