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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • matine_dieter1@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: matine dieter <matine_dieter02@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:25:20 -0400
Subject: Please get back to me



From: Matine DieterEmail: matine_dieter1@yahoo.de
I am Matine Dieter a banker by profession presently in the employment of Deutsche Bank Germany.I have a business proposal which will be of mutual benefit to both of us.
However for this proposal to work out successfully we need to be honest to each other and keep the proposal confidential.

There is an account which was operated by a late customer of ours which has been dormant for almost 6years now.The name of the customer is Late Andreas Shranner 64 years old a big property magnate in Germany who died in the Concorde Flight AF4590 Aircrash in Paris France in the year 2000 long with his entire family.

Please find below is the website for more information about the crash and his death.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Prior to his death he has a balance of 25Million Euros in his account. However since the entire family has been wiped out by the crash nobody will come forward to claim the funds and going by the banking law and guidelines which stipulates that if such money remained after seven years without anybody laying claim to it will be transferred into the Government treasury as unclaimed funds.

For the funds not be taken over by the government after the seventh year i hereby propose that the money should be released to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it
Note that 45% of this money will be for you as my partner, while the balance will be for me. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account.

Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response. your response should be sent to my private email: matine_dieter1@yahoo.de

You are to forward your contact telephone number in your response for further dicussion.

Thanks and waiting for your urgent reply

Sincere Regards,
Matine DieterPrivate Email: matine_dieter1@yahoo.de
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