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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:
  • "million us 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447031910685 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "sir peter cummings" <cardinal583@excite.com>
Reply-To: feedback2peter@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:20:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Urgent proposal from mr peter


Urgent proposal from mr peterBank of scotland plc 2 Victoria St, London, SW1H 0ND,United Kingdom Greetings, I am Mr.Peter Cummings of the above mentioned bank in london.I'm a chartered accountant by training and the auditor general Barclay`s Bank plc,there is an account opened in this bank in 1985 and the owner of the said account was late Mr.Andrean schranner, a German,who died in July 2000 in a plane crash with his entire family,without relatives nor next of kin to stand as a claim/beneficiary to this man's fund,and the amount involve is (USD$ 45.000. 000.00) fourty five million US dollars. For more information about the crash visit this site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm) No other person/persons know about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account . I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot b!
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approved to a local account here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars (foreign currency) and the original owner of the account, Mr.Andrean schranner,was a foreigner .I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreign beneficiary,I want you to stand as the beneficiary of this fund,I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money into your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. I will tell you the next step to follow as soon as I hear from you.please call me on the underlisted number as soon as you recieve this emailYours Sincerely, Mr.Peter Cummings+447031910685

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