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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "james harrison" <j_y_bbb@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: j.harrison_yb@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:39:44 +0200
Subject: SOLICITING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE.

Mr James Harrison
Accounting Section,
Yorkshire Bank plc,
London E14 5HQ England.

Mobile #:+447880865745

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.James Harrison, a staff of auditing and accounting section of Yorkshire Bank Plc in London United Kingdom. With due respect and regard, I wish to seek your urgent assistance to transfer the sum of (3.3 Million pounds sterling GBP) from the above mentioned bank. This money belongs to one of our customers, (Mrs. Sigrid Fassnacht) a foreign contractor from Cologne, Germany who died on a plane crash on July 25th 2000 with her husband Rudi Fassnacht. Her husband and their two children also 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.stm  and the fund has been lying dormant with the bank with out any claim, either from his family or relation up to date.

I am contacting you to act as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased. There is no risk in this transaction, as all looped holes have been taken care of, and all necessary information as regards to this fund has been secured.

Be notified that I am still working with the bank and I am the only one aware of this development; treat this proposal as confidential and secret for our security. I have served the bank faithfully for good number of years and I am presently preparing for my retirement therefore, I see this as a golden opportunity to be comfortable in life after retirement. As
soon as this fund is secured into your account, I will come over for the collection of our due share.

We are to share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% to charity and the tsunami victims if you are really interested in this offer, you should contact me through my  email address.

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

My regards,
Mr. James Harrison

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