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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:
  • "million united states 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.
• 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.
  • nathanlsanders1@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: <nathalsanders2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: nathanlsanders@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:11:01 +0200
Subject: Re: Mail From Mr.Nathan L Sanders

Re: Mail From Mr.Nathan L Sanders
Inter Bank Service
London United Kingdon

Compliments of the day to you.

I am Mr.Nathan L Sanders, the Auditing Manager Interbank Services, London. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.

we discovered an abandoned sum of (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in an air crash, Alaska Airline flight 261 in 2000.Since we heard of his death nobody has come for any claims as nobody knew of the account. the name of our late customer is Mr. Morris Thompson, his wife's name Thelman Thompson, daughter's name Sheryl Thompson,the owner of Doyon Ltd, in Alaska.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/us/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

We have been expecting his next of kin to come over and file for claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the funds from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and that is the reason why I have contacted you to act as the next of kin

to commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, fax number full name and address and your designated bank coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate department for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made. Please reply to : nathanlsanders1@yahoo.co.uk

I look forward to receiving your prompt response.

Regards

Mr.Nathan L Sanders
(Audit Department)

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