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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • h_charles00@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Joy Cole" <joy_cole102@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrsjoycoleaudit@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Confidential 13/4/2007


Dear Partner,Good day and compliments of the season.
This is to inform you that the payment file of My late husband Mr.Cole has been dispatched to the Automated/International Clearing agents office of the Bank of Scotland.This is because my late husbands brothers were against me in what ever i do in my family and as a result they were making mockery of me because i had no issue before the death of my husband,they also ceased every property that belongs to my husband infact they have ruin the life out of me.i now managed to use the opportunity i had to shift some huge amount of the fund my late husband left to this very clearing house agent.
Iam now contacting you to act as my late husbands next of kin since the bank/clearing house does not know anything concerning this problems am encountering so that the fund will be transfered into your account. pLEASE I CONTACT YOU ON TRUST AND DO NOT DISSAPPOINT ME FOR I HAVE NO MONEY NOW.immediately the fund is transfered,i will give you 30% of the total fund(TOTAL FUND IS THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED POUNDSTERLIN).and every expenses that may arise in the course of this transaction will be handled very well with 5% of the total fund afrter the transfer.
This agent will process the transfer,and the payment file is expected to be verified, reviewed and processed for immediate release and transfer of the fund to your nominated account by this office.
Hence the payment file has been dispatched to this office whose contact information is stated below.

Name: Dr. Houston Charles
Automated/International Clearing agents,
Bank of Scotland Plc.
Email; h_charles00@yahoo.co.uk
This office will process the payment. They will also secure the release and transfer of the fund to your nominated account.
Contact this office for further instructions and advice.
Thank you for your understanding.
Mrs.Joy Cole.



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