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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:

• 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.
  • +447045741564 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: DR.FREDRICK MACGREGOR <dr_fredrickmacgregor@myway.com>
Date: 25 Jul 2008 02:52:02 +0300
Subject: AKNOWLEGE RECEIPT..

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




FROM: DR.FREDRICK MACGREGOR:

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION (I.F C.)

PHONE: ++44 704 574 1564:

ADDRESS: 702551 BUCHAREST, BD DACIA NR.83, SECTOR 2:





THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF FUNDS DEPOSITED IN YOUR NAME AND IT IS NOT A SALES SOLICITATION.



We are Diplomats that arrange for the safekeeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy. We work in collaboration with top firms and Governments of various countries as we have earned a name as a service whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are revered. International missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world have used our services to satisfaction.



A benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the said benefactor when the funds were being deposited, We made you the beneficiary of a package containing some amount of money and stated clearly that you should only be contacted when the time signed for it to be in our care elapses and the time has already elapsed that is why you are being contacted.



The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor’s identity 18 months after you, the beneficiary, has received the funds. The funds totals $8.5M (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are available in the form of CASH.



You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information for verification with information contained in our computer database as well as other relevant information in the format stated below so that the funds would be arranged to be brought to your Country of residence by Diplomats who would accompany you to your bank (if you want them to) to deposit the funds in your name and submit all documentations of proof of the origin of the funds in other to exonerate you from any form of investigations or

interrogation and to authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.



The Requested Information is to ensure that no mistake or error is made and it should be forwarded in the manner stated below:



Your Full Name: ______________________________



Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not P.O.BOX):

______________________________________________________________________

______



Name of your Country: ____________________



Name of City of Residence: ____________________



Name of Closest Airport to City of Residence:

___________________________



Direct Telephone Number: ____________________________________



Mobile Number: _______________________________________________



Fax Number: ______________________________________________________



The Contact Numbers are very necessary because the number would be called by the Diplomats before the funds would be handed over to you so as to ensure that the package is handed over to the right person.



So, it’s mandatory you send your Direct Telephone Number preferably your Mobile or Cell Phone Number.



Congratulations in advance.



Thank you and I sincerely remain



Dr. Fredric Macgregor.

PHONE: +44 704 574 1564:

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