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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • rowlandlauterburgorg@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rowland Lauterburg" <rowlauterburg@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:47:52 +0100
Subject: PROPOSITION FROM ROWLAND LAUTERBURG!!!


Hello,



I am Mr. Rowland Lauterburg, the bills and exchange manager of a bank in
Switzerland. I am contacting you on business transfer of a huge sum of money
from a deceased clients account. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you
that all will be well at the end of the day. We decided to contact you due
to the urgency of this transaction.



PROPOSITION;

We discovered an abandoned sum of Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars ($15,500,000.00) in an account that belongs to one of
our foreign customers who died along with his entire family. Since his
death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims
for this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, we now seek your
permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the funds
($15,500,000.00) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of
kin. It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an
order of mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.



Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

1. Beneficiary name and address.

2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.



These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made. We shall be compensating you with half of the money on final
conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us. I find myself
privileged to have this information and this is a great opportunity of a
life time of success without risks.



Kindly send your response to me through my personal email address [
rowlandlauterburgorg@gmail.com]. Thank you.



My Regards,



Mr. Rowland Lauterburg.

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