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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.
  • mccgraeme@yahoo.it
  • mgraeme_k@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "McCallum Graeme" <mygraeme10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mccallum_graeme@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:06:23 +0000
Subject: Institutional Fund Services

I am Mr. McCallum Graeme, Institutional Fund Services,Middle East and
Africa,HSBC Bank PLC, London International Branch, On resumption of duties
after the Christmas and New year celebration i discovered that one of my
bank customer,Mr. JOSHUA WANG ,an Indonesia by birth , a
consultant/contractor with the military relief Group, a charity organization
to the United Nation( UN), was one of the victims of the TSUNAMI disaster in
the Asia World, he has being a private resident here in London for 3
years,made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at £6,500,000.00(Six
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) for twelve
calendar months in my Branch.

As representative with contacts in the Middle east /Africa,upon the tsunami
disaster in his home country of Indonesia, in which he was on a private
visit to see his sick old parents, i have made personal contacts to his
resident here in London and through some foreign mission in Indonesia, and
has discovered that he and his entire family perished in the said natural
disaster in his local community in Indonesia. On further investigation, it
also discovered that he died without making a WILL (En-state) and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless, it was discovered in the
Late Mr. JOSHUA WANG bank papers that the only persons stated as his
entitled next of kin is his only wife, who also died with him in the
disaster,so presently their is no persons to declare as the next of kin to
the said fund and as it stand now , No person will ever come forward to
claim it. As the bank papers/documents have only his late wife's name, since
they have no child before their sudden death. In accordance with the Banking
Federal Laws and constitution, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the funds within
certain period.Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign partner to
stand in as the next of kin to late Mr.JOSHUA WANG so that you and I can
benefit from the fruits of this old man's labor and also donate certain
portion of the fund to all victims of the Tsunami disasters through
humanitarian Organization.

Be informed that i have in my capacity/position carefully moved this fund
into the Vault of a Security and Finance Company here in London that have
Branches all over Europe/America where this fund can be claim.

Upon acceptance of this proposal, We shall employ the services of a
solicitor for the drafting of the LAST WILL &TESTAMENT of Late Mr.Joshua
Wang and to obtain all other relevant papers in your name for the necessary
documentation for payment approval in my bank headquarters in your favor.
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
senior Bank's personnel in the Institutional fund services, Middle East and
Africa,HSBC BANK PLC, to secure approvals and guarantee the successful
execution of this transaction.
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this
interests you, please reply me immediately and please include your private
phone number for voice contact and fax number so that I can provide you with
more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction better.

Awaiting your urgent reply through my only private
email:mccgraeme@yahoo.it,or mgraeme_k@myway.com
Best regards,
McCallum Graeme

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