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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • xtopherjuly257@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: xtopherjuly@seznam.cz
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:18:03 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?COMPLEMENT=20OF=20THE=20SEASON?=

DEAR SIR,

WITH ALL REGARD AND RESPECT, I WISH TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR ATTENTION

AND ASSISTANCE IN RESPECT OF THIS PROPOSAL.
I AM WRITING TO YOU ON THE CAPACITY AS THE NEW MANAGER FOREIGN

OPERATIONS OF THE OF KOOK MIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 6TH FLOOR

,PRINCES COURT,LONDON EC2R 8AQ UK.

THERE HAS BEEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH HAS BEEN UNCLAIMED

FOR SOME YEARS NOW AND ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS,THE MONEY

BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS BY NAME MORIS THOMPSON AN

AMERICAN WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE IN PLANE CRASH OF ALASKA

AIRLINES FLIGHT 261 WHICH CRASHED ON JANUARY 31ST 2000 INCLUDING

HIS WIFE AND ONLY DAUGHTER.YOU SHALL READ MORE ABOUT THE CRASH ON

VISITING THIS

SITE;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

ALTHOUGH PERSONALLY I ,I KEEP THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN

MYSELF TO ENABLE THE WHOLE PLANS AND IDEAS BE PROFITABLE AND

SUCCESSFUL DURING THE TIME OF EXECUTION.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE FRONTED AS THE BONA FIDE NEXT OF KIN TO

ENABLE THE BANK PAY THE DECEASED FUND TO YOU AFTER WHICH WE WILL

SHARE ACCORDINGLY.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 20 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING. [TWENTY

MILLION BRITISH POUNDS ONLY]. WHAT I REQUIRE NOW IS YOUR CONSENT

AND ALSO FOR YOU TO FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS ACCORDINGLY OTHERWISE

THE SUCCESS OF THIS DEAL WILL BE JEOPARDIZED.

ALSO SEND TO ME YOUR BANK DETAILS, SAME OF YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR

PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS. AFTER THIS IS DONE I WILL

FURNISH YOU WITH THE DECEASED DETAIL INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE YOU

MAKE A FORMAL APPLICATION TO THE BANK.
THANK YOU.

CHRISTOPHER MARTINS

PLEASE REPLY VIA THIS EMAIL;xtopherjuly257@yahoo.co.uk

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