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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:
  • ",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)
  • "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
  • "foreign remittance department" (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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024097091 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • richardgrey1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Richard Grey <richgrey21@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <richardgrey1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 05:44:13 +0000
Subject: From Desk Top Of: Mr.Richard Grey



From Desk Top Of: Mr.Richard GreyAuditing and accounting section,Foreign remittance department,HALIFAX BANK PLC, united KingdomEmail Address:richardgrey1@yahoo.co.uk Phone Number:+447024097091 Attn:
I am a managing officer with HALIFAX BANK PLC ,United Kingdom My name is Mr.Richard Grey I am an accounting officer to Late Engineer Micheal Foster a citizen of your country ,he worked with French oil major total company here in United Kingdom.On the 21st of April 2002, my Client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident . Unfortunately him and his three kids lost their lives immediately in the event of the accident, while the wife was taken to the hospital where she died three days later. Their bodies were kept in the mortuary for five months, in order for the authorities, to carry out proper investigation on how to locate their surviving relatives. They have checked all available public files and embassies, but all their efforts have been abortive. After these several unsuccessful attempts, no one has been coming for his funds that he deposited with my bank. And due to the banking law and regulation of 1985, sub section 18d page 103 chapter 11 of constitution governing all banking policy in United Kingdom, and in accordance to the banking decree 003 sub section 45 which stated that any deposited fund which remains unclaimed after the existing period of four years will be confiscated by the national treasury department as unclaimed fund. And this has brought too much agitation in our bank between boards of directors on how to declare this account unserviceable, base on the fact that the deceased has no beneficiary. After the meeting held by the executives of HALIFAX BANK PLC ,United Kingdom with me on 20th of March 2005,they have all agreed to extend the date to 29th October 2007.Consequently to this, I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they Get them confiscated or declare unserviceable by HALIFAX BANK PLC, United Kingdom Where the deceased have an account Valued at about (£11,000,000.00 million GBP). The bank has issued out a notice to provide the beneficiary or have the account confiscated within the next few weeks. Since no one has been able to locate their relatives for over 4-6 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the beneficiary of the deceased so that this account valued at (£11,000,000.00 million GBP) can be paid to you and then you and I Can share the money.50% to me and 40% to you,while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. All the necessary documents concerning this claim are with the Bank legal department and his personal attorney. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legal arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I await your response in this matters so that I can in turn breif you accordingly and also ensure that responses are sent through this mail box to avoid intereferance. richardgrey1@yahoo.co.uk
Best Regards, Richard Grey.

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