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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:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447936096539
• 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.
  • paulbryant_31@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Paul Bryant " <femmy@treasuryhouse.net>
Reply-To: paulbryant_31@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 19:01:40 +0000
Subject: US$7.5 INHERITANCE FUNDS /CONTRACT PAYMENT TO BE RELEASED IN 72HOURS(PLEASE
RESPOND)




49, Featherstone Street,
LONDON, EC 1Y 8SY
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: + 44 793 609 6539
Fax: 44 207 900 6602
ATTN: Beneficiary,

We the entire members of the Royal House of Treasury, on behalf of the Government of Great Britain, under the auspices of the Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth of England II held a meeting this week concerning payment, both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds which were not released to the right benefactors

Her Royal Majesty, has just informed this office (Royal House of Treasury) that All the listed contractors and Inheritance funds benefactors which their CONTRACT PAYMENT SUM AND INHERITANCE FUNDS were not paid to should be released to them with effect

We discovered that your payment listed to us Seven million five hundred thousand dollars (US$7.5M) approximately Four million Great Britain Pounds (GBP 4M), you are advised to respond with effect so that we will process your payment to be made in any form you wish to receive your funds.

Kindly respond to this office so that your payment will be process and transferred under 72hours of receiving this email, you can contact us on this telephone number + 44 793 609 6539 for a voice confirmation.

On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly.

Now you're new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 , Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No :
103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment number, therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland immediately within 72hours

You are directed to reconfirm your full detailed information, like your full name, home address, office address, profession and marital status, Age, home phone number and cell phone number as well as time to call you on the phone.

NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call, if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating you, I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately .

Best Regards


Sir. Paul Bryant
Royal House of Treasury

N:B Please sir , be advised to always respond to this
paulbryant_31@yahoo.co.uk

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