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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447045705918 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • brown_mrpeter@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.PETER BROWN" <at2314@excite.com>
Reply-To: peter_att444@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: HELLO REPLY BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.......


From Mr.Peter Brown/Business RelationshipI am contacting you individually for a business transaction involving GBP £30 Million and I hope that you will contact me at your earliest convenient for this possible business transaction.I am the Auditor General, and Chairman, Audit Committee of Bank of Scotland, with your sincere assistant and co-operation,I have determined to work this deal with you if you can do the business.At the moment,I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your positive response is received. Please take a moment of your time schedules to read this and send your response or better call me with this mobile number :+44 704 57 05918 for further information concerning this transaction.I assure you that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable.Thank you for your time and attention. Yours truly,........................Mr. Peter Brown,Auditor General,Bank Of Scotland Plc.Tel:+44 704 57 05918 Email:brown_mrpeter@yahoo.co.uk

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