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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.
• 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.
  • +447024024740 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: j cu <jc11u12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jcugwu@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:06:35 +0200
Subject: From Mr. Karl Vogel.


Mr. Karl Vogel,
I am ( Mr. Karl Vogel) the auditor general of ( Scotland Bank Plc) here in UK in one of our auditing I discovered Of
{£46,000,000.00 Million }in a dormant account.On Further investigation proves that the account The deceased was assassinated
in February 14, 2005.I am contacting you to stand as next of kin to the deceased so that the fund can be release to you.
BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. Vew more info. http://www.hariri.info/ At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties. In order to transfer
out £46,000,000.00 Million from our bank here in London. The fund for transfer is of cleanorigin.
I am in close contact with the manager of the bank here who is my partner and he is willing to approve the transfer to any
reliable and trustworthy foreigner with foreign bank account because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner.
At the successful transfer of the fund to your account, you will take 35% of the total transfer sum,60% will be for me and my
partner while 5% will be set aside for transfer expenses both of us might incure during the transfer process. Let me hear from you URGENTLY by Email me call me.
Best Regards,Mr. Karl Vogel.Here is my cell number +44-7024024740
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