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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:
  • ",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)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Martin Bruce <mwbruce01@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: m_bruce1012@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:44:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Contacting You.


Gooday To You,
Greetings. I am Mr Martin .W. Bruce, a United Kingdom Government auditor and I work in the International operation department in a Bank here in UK. My purpose of contacting you is that I am looking for a Reliable partner in a foreign country to place as the next of kin to a dormant account that have not been operated for years in my bank with a total sum of £15,000,000 (Fifteen Million Pounds Sterling) and on further discreet investigation I also discovered that the account holder has long since passed away (dead) leaving no beneficiary to the account.I contacted you because you are a foreigner and i will provide to you the necessary claim documents the bank will require from you in other to claim this fund including the details information of the account in my next mail .i will inform you on what to do if you are going to assure me that you will not betray me and my family with this fund in your possession so as to enable me to start the paper work immediately without
further delay.I will also like you to take a close look in my family website www.martins.com. I have a little family of four, My wife claudia and hailey and brooke.Keep this business withing your self for security and safe reasons.Thanks as I 'm in anticipation of your favourable response.Have a pleasant day.

Sincerely
Mr.Martin.W.Bruce


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