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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • bb_solomon2@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SOLOMON BROWN" <solomonbrown@lekside.net>
Reply-To: bb_solomon2@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:06:08 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED




From:MR SOLOMON BROWN
Alliance and Leicester Bank Plc
5/7 Queen Street Cardiff Cf10 2AF
United Kingdom.
Direct Email:bb_solomon2@yahoo.com.hk


This is an important notification for your immediate compliance.

A benefactor has bequeathed the sum of US$45 Million to you as Next of Kin.

It was the dying wish of your benefactor that we contact you after her demise and she also specifically instructed that all her funds in our financial institution be wired into your account.

The identity of the benefactor will be disclosed to you after you receive the funds.This is according to the Agreement we signed with her when she made you the beneficiary of the funds.

We need the following information from you so that we can use it to cross-check what we have on our file before initiating the transfer of the funds to you to confirm that you are indeed the bonafide beneficiary of the funds.

The Requested Information are

1) Your Full Name:

2) Residential Address:

3) Occupation:

4) Telephone and Mobile Numbers:

5) Age:
6)Sc ran and send your international passport or Driver's License
I want to assure you under the penalty of perjury that the entire process of the transaction will be done in accordance with the law so that you will have no problems whatsoever when the funds are wired into your account.

Send the requested information so that we can proceed.

Regards

Solomon Brown

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