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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 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.
  • ellenglobalcom@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ELENA FERNANDRZ <global_ellen@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:03:40 +0100
Subject: URGENT INFORMATION


Good day,
Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a =
hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must come to you as =
a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and become =
great friends and business partners. My name is Elena Fernandez. female, =
spanish Born Citizen.I am the Head Financial Control & Planning department, =
Banco Santander Central Hispa=F1o Spain. I am divorced, have 1 kid living =
with me at home. I'm 5'11 tall. I love animals. I have 2 dogs and 1 cat. I =
love to travel. I love the outdoors, swimming, riding, skeet shooting,etc..I =
have a healthy and active social life.
I use to head the Accounts department in my bank head office, but last =
December, I was asked to take position of the Head Financial Control & =
Planning department of our branch in Madrid who passed on, so that was how I =
became the present Head Financial Control & Planning department.
As I resumed duty, I discovered an account with total sum of =805million =
Euros. that has not been operated on for the past 4 years. From my =
investigation, I found out that this account belongs to one Late Mr.Morris =
Thompson an American great industrialist and a resident of Alaska, who =
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 =
which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.
You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site, which I got =
during my investigation;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01 and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/
The account is escrow call account, a secret type of account in my bank and =
no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the =
account has no other beneficiary. I have kept a close monitoring of the =
account since then and nobody has come forward to ask about the money as next =
of kin to the late Mr. Morris Thompson, meaning that no one is aware of the =
account. I cannot directly take out this money without the help of a =
foreigner and that is why I am contacting you for an assistance to claim the =
funds and share it with me. As the Head Financial Control & Planning =
department,I have the power to influence the release of the funds to any =
foreigner that comes up as the next of kin to the account, with the correct =
information concerning the account, which I shall give you.
I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to the =
account, so that my bank head quarters will release the funds to you. There =
is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a =
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. If you =
accept to work with me, I want you to state how you wish us to share the =
funds in percentage, so that both parties will be satisfied.
Contact me as soon as you receive this message if you feel we can work =
together,so we can go over the details.
Thanking you in advance and may God bless you. Please, treat with utmost =
confidentiality.
I wait your urgent response.
Please contact me on my secured private email only:

ellenglobalcom@yahoo.es
Tell: 00 34 605 714 449,
Fax: 00 34 912 919 579
Regards
Elena Fernandez
The head of Financial Control & Planning department,
Banco Santander Central Hispa=F1o,
Spain.

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