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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • "is highly confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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.
  • jamesfor90@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Dunn" <jamesfor91z@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:24:57 +0200
Subject: From:Mr. James Reply Urgent



From: Mr. James dunn
Area Branch Auditor
Barclays bank London
Transfer sum of £74Million (Seventy Four Million British Pound only)
Dear Sir/Madam ,
Compliment of the day, I know you will be surprise to receive this mail from me due to the Internet scams going on around the global world today, which has putting every one in fear for internet business nevertheless this is an excerption.
First I would like to introduce myself to you, I am Mr. James dunn an auditor with capitac bank here, based on my record with customers details as the bank senior auditor during out third quarter of the year audit, I have discovered a large sum of money to the aggregate sum of BPS£74Million (Seventy Four Million British Pounds)
This fund is in the bank account of late Mr.Bonfry Perez who was a senior coach of a division one football clube most coaches and footballers always use Barclays bank because Barclays bank is one of the major football league sponsors.

For over three years now this account has been dormant I have made an investigation with his details here in the bank and found out that Mr.Bonfrey Perez who was a brazillian Citizen died on cardiac arrest on the 25th of March 2005.

In his record with the bank there was not next of kin to claim his fund; therefore after a number of years the bank has full right to convert his fund into bank central treasure account for bank use.
I am contacting you with deep sense of honor, trust and sincerity for us to transfer this fund in YOUR NAME to your bank account in your country or any where of your choice for a good investment.
Hence we are total stranger to each other; I would like us to make the first transfer of BPS£74Million (Thirty Seven Million British Pounds) which is half of the total fund after which we transfer the balance of this fund
This fund transfer is 100% genuine and shall be handled in legitimate manner hence every details of the account owner are with me.

In your reply forward to me your bank account Information and your Personal details for the change of ownership, the sharing of this fund after transfer should be in 50%/50% ratio.
This transfer will only take us 5 bank working days via telegraphic transfer once the whole documentation process is done, if you are interested to work with me kindly indicate as soon as possible, should incase you are not interested kindly forget about it and still keep this highly confidential.
Have a good day
Regards, Contact Information
Mr.James Dunn
Tel + 447031895571 Email Address:jamesfor90@yahoo.co.uk


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