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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447031842276 (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.
  • sir.richadams@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir.Richard Adams,CBE" <richadms5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <richadms@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:02:38 +0000
Subject: HSBC/EUROPEAN UNION SCAM COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS





FROM:Mr.Richard AdamsHSBC/EUROPEAN UNION 2006/07 COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS
Attn:Beneficiary,
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 1MILLION USD
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the European Union to HSBC Bank London to pay 100 internet scam victims £1 Million each,you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims,get back to as soon as possible with a scanned copy of your international passports or drivers license for identifications for the immediate payments of your £1 Million compensations funds.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in London as one of their victims of the operations of internet scams ,you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any body for any reason what so ever,the Uk secret service is already on trace of the criminals.

For more vital information,please visit:www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/

According to the number of applicants at hand,84 beneficiaries has been paid,half of the victims are from the United States,we still have more 16 left to be paid the compensations of £1 Million each.
your compensations payments shall be effected via SWIFT CREDIT ATM CARD as soon as I hear from you same day.send a copy of your response to my private email sir.richadams@yahoo.com
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Richard Adams+447031842276N/B:Pls,call me for your response
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