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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.
  • +447014218355 (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.
  • bernard.wright@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bernard Wright" <bernard.wright@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 17 Apr 2007 14:51:10 -0000
Subject: Be My Partner {from Mr. Wright}


Dear Sir,
My name is Mr.Bernanrd Wright, Deputy Chairman of Contract Awards and MonitoringCommittee of Ministry of Urban and Rural Development,I got your information frombusiness network on line, my duty as empowered by the British Government ofNewcastle County is to provide the basic amenities, social recreationalactivities in urban and rural areas, this programs include assistance todeprived local communities and to co-ordinate project and development at thenational levels, further more from this projects we have been able to securesome reasonable amount of Euro8.5M(Eight million,&nbsp; five hundred thousand Euro)ascommission from various contractors resulting from over invoicing, hence all thenecessary approvals has been completed.
This approved funds is now deposited in a bank here in Londonfor onward transfer to it\'s destination. This fund is deposited in the bankpurporting that the it belongs to a foreign expertriate/company {contractor} aswe are Government officials we are not allowed to operate or open a foreign bankaccount hence you need to stand as the beneficiary and claim this funds on ourbehalf from the bank.
Presently I\'m&nbsp; in search of a reliable person/company with highintegrity/dignity one with conscience who will claim this funds on our behalf asthe beneficiary, and we have agreed to offer you 25% of the total sum ascommission for your assistance/effort.And 5% will be used to settle everyexpenses we might incur on the process, we will use our 70% to invest underyourrecommendations and guide and go into joint venture business&nbsp; with you.
&nbsp;I would greatly appreciate your assistance, also you can call me on my privatetel. number for more details on how we go about this on +44-701-421-8355 oremail: bernard.wright@yahoo.co.uk as I look forward to hear from you be informedthat confidentiality is the nature of this business because we would not behappy to loose our jobs.
&nbsp;Best regards,
&nbsp;Mr. Bernard Wright.

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