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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • drfranko_tony@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "tonyfrankadams@cartagena.es" <tonyfrankadams@cartagena.es>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:21:09 +0100 (CET)
Subject: AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE,VERY IMPORTANT



AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE,VERY IMPORTANT
Mail From DR Frank Tony
Auditor with Allied and Metropolitan Bank London
Contact:drfranko_tony@myway.com

Dear Sir,

In order to transfer out (Fifteen Million US Dollars) from our bank
here in London into your own account, the owner of this account is Mr
Williams barnes foreigner and the manager of petrol chemical service
here in London, A chemical engineer by proffession and he died since
1999 in air crash.

The air crash website is below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm

The amount involved is (15,000,000.00) United States Dollars which i
happens to be his accountant holding every original documents covering
the money before my client died.It should also interest you to know
that my client Mr William Barnes has not married at the time of the
incident and his family do not know a tip of this money lying in our bank.So,i would want to present you as the next of kin to my late client in order to claim this inheritance funds.

I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but I
don't know any foreigner, I know that this message will come to you as
a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, But be sure that it is
real and a genuine business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in thisinvestment.

All i need for now is your full contact information phone and fax
number, Name will be necessary to this effect.

Hope to hear from you soonest.

Thanks,
DR Frank Tony
Contact me here :drfranko_tony@myway.com

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