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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:
  • "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)
  • "dormant account" (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.
  • +22993110188 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • lawrencefish5@ig.com.br
  • laf140483@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LAWRENCE FISH" <lawrencefish@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 19:38:04 +0100
Subject: From: Mr. Lawrence Fish, Reply needed.


From: Mr. Lawrence Fish
Board Director,
Spring Bank Plc,
Benin Republic of West Africa.
Email: lawrencefish5@ig.com.br

Affiliate:

Royal Bank of Scotland,
Edinburgh EB9
United Kingdom.

Attention ,

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honour against your will. I am 58, and work with the
above bank. Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 9 years
which belong to a Egyptian national who is late Abdou Elzanaty and his wife
Fawkia Abed Raboh Elzanaty how died on EgyptAir Flight 990
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this
account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation
and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late
person is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell. Now I want
an account overseas where the bank will transfer this funds.Thereafter, I
had planned to destroy all related documents for this account.

It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out
everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount is not so much at
the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account
stands at £19,200,000.00 (Nineteen Million Two Hundred Thousand GB Pound).

Now my questions are:-

1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.
4. Your direct phone / fax number if available

Consider this and get back at me as soon as possible. Finally, it is my
humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the
necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project and call me on
receipt of this mail for further discussion.

Respectfully yours,
Mr. Lawrence Fish
Tel: +22993110188
Send reply to Email: laf140483@yahoo.co.uk

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