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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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.
  • +447005804896 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Dave Lucas" <dave_lucas@cmb.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrdave_lucas@katamail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:36:36 +0200
Subject: Urgent Please!!

Dear Friend,
I am so very sorry if I pried into your privacy. My name is Dave Lucas. I am the group head treasury department credit mutual bank. I humbly wish to seek your assistance because what am about to relate to you via this message is very urgent and confidential. I want to transfer to an oversea account($16,700.000.00 USD) Sixteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)from one of the banks located in Europe.

During last week auditing, i stumbled on this dormant account holder (deceased) Mr. Andreas Schranner a German property magnate who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of AF4590 German Concorde which crashed on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK,including his family. So the bank issued me a memo to provide his next of kin or forfeit the funds.
You can view this site for more information about the crash. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

All that is required is for you to provide me with your full names/contact address, direct phone and fax numbers, for communication and processing of the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds to you. The management is ready to welcome any person who has the corrects information of this account, which i will give to you If i have your go ahead then i will tell you all that you will need to know about the money and the operational method we can use to effect the remittance into your account for our mutual benefit.

Meanwhile, on receipt of your expression of interest (EOI),I have agreed that you will inherit 45% of this fund for your help and sincerity,45% for me while 10% for the refunds of processing expenses and to pay tax in your country(if any) upon successful confirmation of this funds in your bank account. Thereafter, all the related legal documents will be destroyed and we part ways.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.Please urgently reply if you can handle it and feel free to call me on my private telephone number below.


Best Regards,
Mr. Dave Lucas.
TEL: +(447)-045-711-839
FAX: +447005804896

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