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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447045796074 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: rick anderson <rickandersonz4@msn.com>
Reply-To: <rickanderson404@mail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:47:26 +0000
Subject: LET'S WORK TOGETHER!!



Good Day,

My Name is Rick Anderson, i am Corporate Finance Director of Investec Group of Company, One of the World Largest Funds Management Company located in London (United Kingdom) with 12 Branches and over $50 Billion Capital base Investment Funds.

As a Finance Director of Investec Group, My office handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and have Secretly Extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Funds.

As an expert, I have made over $18.5million from the Investor's EMRCP.I am hereby looking for someone to trust, who will stand as an Investorto receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from Investec GroupCapital Funds.
Call me on +44 704 579 6074.

Our sharing ratio will be 60 for me,40 for you while 5% will be for any expenses you incured during the process. Should incase you are interested, email me back for discussion of this transaction in further details.
I wait for your urgent reply.
Sincerely,

Rick Anderson.

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