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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.
  • davecoleman2n@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dave Coleman <dcoleman031@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:12:29 +0000
Subject: Get back to me



From The Desk Of Dave ColemanDepartment: Senior Manager Accounts/AuditNat West Bank London
Good day
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 believe that 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 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 name2: 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 (davecoleman2n@yahoo.com) 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 regardsDave Coleman
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