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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • mikecleana@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mike Clean <mike_cleana@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mikecleana@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 13:13:00 -0400
Subject: PLEASE I DO NOT WISH TO EMBARRASS YOU IN ANY WAY


From The Desk Of Mike Clean
Department: Senior Manager Accounts/Audit
Nat West Bank London

ATTENTION: PLEASE I DO NOT WISH TO EMBARRASS YOU IN ANY WAY.

Good day, Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information
via e-mail Instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the urgency
and importance of The information. I humbly crave your indulgence to read
This e-mail with all seriousness of purpose devoid of any doubt in your mind
because This project is based on Trust, Confidentiality and Sincerity of purpose
in order to have an Acceptable meeting of the minds. Although we never met
before, but I have every reason to believeThat you are a highly respected
personality, considering the fact That I got your E- mail address through Internet
my online Network, while searching for a reliable and reputable person to
Handle this transaction.

I am a senior manager accounts/audit in Nat West Bank London.
I am Writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of
Immense benefit to both of us. In my department we discovered an
Abandoned sum of 10.5 million Pounds Sterling (Ten million five
hundred Thousand Pounds Only) in an account that belongs to one
of our Foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who
Unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines
Flight 261 which crashed on January 312000, including his wife
And only daughter. You shall read more about the crash on visiting
this site which I Got during my investigation;

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

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting
His next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his money
Because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as
Next of kin or relation to the Deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines. Unfortunately I discovered that his supposed next of kin
being his Only daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving
Nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is
Therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in
This department now decided to make business with you and release
The money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds
For safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
Coming for it and we don't want this money to go back into
Government treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money
Remained after seven years the money will be transferred into
Banking treasury as unclaimed funds.

We agreed that 35% of this money would be for you as
Foreign partner, while the balance will be for my colleagues and I.
I will visit your country for the disbursement according to
The percentages indicated above once this money gets into your
Account. Please be honest to me.

To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately
Indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose the
Following information:

1. Full name
2: Your private telephone and Fax numbers.
3. Occupations and Nationality.

Note this transaction is confidential and risk free.
As soon as you receive this mail contact me through my private
E-mail address (mikecleana@yahoo.co.uk)

Please note that all the necessary arrangement for the smooth
Release of these funds to you has been finalized.
We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response.

Best regards
Mike Clean

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