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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)
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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.

Fraud email example:

From: boris yeltsin <mr_borisyeltsin01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 04:16:32 -0600
Subject: CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.





Dear friend, how are you
today? i hope fine.My name is Mr.Boris Yeltsin from Harlsden, north west
London, here in England. I work for Lloyd's Tsb bank London. I am writing following an opportunity in my office
that will be of an emense benefit to both of us. In my department, being the
manager (greater London regional office), i discovered an abandoned sum of $10.5
Million USA Dollars (10 Million five hundred Thousand Usa dollars) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customers late Mr. Thompson Morrison an
American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines
flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only
daughter.You shall read more
about this crash on visiting this site.
(http://www.cnn.com/2000/us/02/01alaska.airlines.list/), The choice of
contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live,
particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction. and the confidentiality
herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for
the claims but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for 6 years now, I seek you consent to present you as the
next of kin/will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this amount
valued at 10.5 Million Dollars can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in this percentages,
55% for me, and 40% for you, 5% will be set aside to
take care of our expenses after the transaction.
I have secured all necessary legal
documents that can be used to back up this claim we are making. All i need is to
fill in your names to the document and legalize it in the court here to prove
you as the legitimate beneficiary. All i require now is your honest
co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction
through. Please, provide me the
following: as we have five days to run it through. This is very very URGENT
PLEASE.1.
FULL NAME2.
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER3. FAX NUMBER4. YOUR CONTACT
ADDRESS.Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and
appreciated.please send your intrest to this email for more
informations.
email:dr_borisyeltsin@hotmail.com.BEST REGARDS,BORIS YELTSIN

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