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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)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "international remittance department" (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.
  • +447045726900 (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.
  • mrkevin_smith01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrkevin Smith <mrkevin_smith09@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Mrkevin_Smith@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:29:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: mr kevin smith


From: mr kevin smith

Ph: +447045726900,

Your quick response is needed in this “Business Deal” that will benefit both of us without any risk involved either now or later. I am Mr kevin smith, 61years of age from London and an Executive Consultant Officer in the International Remittance Department (IRD) in London.

I have a business proposal in the tune of £466,000.000.00-[Four Hundred and Sixty Six Million British Pounds Sterling} to be transferred to any safety account with your assistance. This fund has been laying, in suspense escrow account for safekeeping for over 4 years as unclaimed funds placed as Heritage/Investment Funds to a "dead customer" Mr. John Paul Getty from United States of America who died on Apr. 17, 2003 after a brief illness in London Hospital (BBC News), Visit the web site below for confirmations; <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/2956897.stm >

I urgently need to hear from you if you are nterested and you can be assured that I will secure all Documentations to back your claims with help of Top officials, so you should be 100% sure of your security and all I need from you now is to present you to the Bank Management as the next of kin to the dead man and have the Bank pay you this money as the Beneficiary, kindly get back to me as quickly as possible to enable me make all the necessary arrangement towards how to present you to the bank as "truly next of kin" to the late man. It does not matter if you are from America or not.

After the successful transfer, we shall share in ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me & helping Officials. Should you be interested, please respond to my letter immediately, so we can commence all arrangements and I will give you more information on the project and how we would handle it. Please treat this business with utmost Confidentiality.

You can contact me on my private email :{mrkevin_smith01@yahoo.com}
send me the following information for documentation purpose:
(1)Full names:
(2) Private phone numbers:
(3) Current residential address:
(4)Occupation:
(5)Age and Sex:
{6} Your Full Banking Coordinates.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Mr kevin smith,

Ph: +447045726900,
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