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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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 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.
  • frankdaniels_df24@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frank daniels <frank_daniels_9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frankdaniels_df24@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:01:23 -0600
Subject: MR. FRANK DANIELS



MR. FRANK DANIELSAADDERSS: NESTOR HOUSE PLAYHOUSE YARDLONDON EC4V 5EBUNITED KINGDOM.

GOOD DAY,

I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER,
CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY
INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM MR. FRANK DANIELS, THE HEAD OF ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT OF BARCLAYS
BANK PLC LONDON , WHERE AM PRESENTLY WORKING. I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE
INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMENCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT
YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE
MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR, UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS AGO, WAS A
VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH.

THE DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS A CLOSING BALANCE AS A JULY 2000 WORTH
$45M (FOURTY FIVE MILLION USD). WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE
BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MR
MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF
NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE MOHAMED KAMAL'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR
CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED
UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT. IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO
STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND
PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED. ALL DOCUMENTS AND
PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE
DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. IT HAS
BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS,
WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.

IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS:
frankdaniels_df24@yahoo.co.uk, FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND
FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION. I WAIT YOUR URGENT
RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS YOU.

YOURS FAITHFULLY, FRANK DANIELS.
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