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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:
  • "dear friend" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (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.
  • dera.martins@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dera Martins <dera.martins3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dera.martins101@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:35:29 -0400
Subject: Get back to me ASAP...........



Dear Friend, I am Dr. Dera Martins, a personal accountant with Mr. Roland Ruggiero, a foreigner resident here in my country; he is an oil consultant/contractor with a mining corporation. My client and his wife and their one child were involved in a plane crash that occurred on 8th January 2003 in turkey, routed from Istanbul to Diyarbakir they where traveling, unfortunately my client and his wife lost their lives, with their 2years old child who was declared dead after emergency surgery. Click on the link below to view info about the accident: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm http://www.usafricaonline.Com/ngrkanocrash.html My client deposited the amount of US$10,000,000 (Ten million dollars) in one of the commercial bank here in my country, before he was deceased. Since he died, I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get declared unserviceable by the bank, were the money was deposited.The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin, now since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, so please I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin, I will forward your with all the necessary documents which will enable you claim the money. I have decided to share the money with you in this ratio 60% to me and 30% to you, while 10% will be set aside for expenses if any that may be incurred in the process of the claim. You should note that as soon as the funds get into your account, I will come over to your country for my share. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through, I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me immediately you receive my mail, so that we can proceed immediately, as we do not have much time on our side. The name of the Bank will be disclosed to you and other information on what to do as soon as I receive your contact mailing address, private telephone/fax numbers for easy communication.Please get in touch with me through my private email stated below: dera.martins@hotmail.com I await your urgent response. Best Regards, Dr. Dera Martins
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