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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "the consignment" (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 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.
  • +34686157241 (Spain, 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.
  • gomezgarciahj@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr. Gomez Garcia H. J. <urgentneed@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: gomezgarciahj@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:04:22 +0100
Subject: URGENT NEED !!


From: Mr. Gomez Garcia H. J.
La Caixa Bank
Madrid, Spain.
Private Number: +34 686 157 241
Email: gomezgarciahj@yahoo.es

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Gomez Garcia H. J., (Accounts) La Caixa Bank Madird, Spain (Auditing =
and Accounting Department) and the Private Banking Investment Account officer =
of LATE Mr. Jean-Louis Pereau, who is the President/Chief Executive Officer =
of Falcon Engineering Services France. Herein referred as my customer.

On the 2nd, of September 1998 at: 11:16 p.m. EDT (0316 GMT ,Swissair =
Jetliner, with 229 passengers on board bound from New York JFK to Geneva, =
Switzerland, crashed catastrophically off the coast of Nova Scotia vanishes =
from radar near Nova Scotia Halifax, my deceased client Mr. Jean-Louis =
Pereau, and his wife Mrs. Clelia Pereau with their three children Joelle =
Pereau, Sylvie Pereau and Yves Pereau were involved in a horrific flight =
crash, 215 passengers and 14 crew members unfortunately lost their lives in =
the disastrous crash of Swissair Flight 111. May their gentle souls rest in =
glorious peace Amen.

Subsequently I encompass numerous enquiries to locate any of my customers =
extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these numerous =
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you to forward your particulars =
for claim; hence I contacted you as the NEXT of KIN to my LATE client. I have =
contacted you to assist in repatriating his chattels and capital value =
amounted to US$30,600,000.00 (Thirty million six hundred thousand US =
dollars), which his account has been dormant since 1998 and has accumulated =
interest with La Caixa Bank.
I consequently request your maximum assistance and approvals to facilitate =
the clearance of my LATE client's chattels and capital value before they get =
confiscated or enthusiastically declared unserviceable by the authorities and =
La Caixa Bank, where these huge funds were deposited.

However, the International finance organization has issued me a final notice =
to present his family NEXT of KIN for claim or have the consignment =
confiscated. Therefore, on receipt of your encouraging response, we shall =
discuss the compulsory modalities. I have all permissible indispensable =
instruments for your claim. Note that you will be entitled to 35% of the =
total inheritance while 5% will be set aside for any unexpected expenditure =
and 60% for me and my colleagues.

In conclusion, I will appoint the assistance of a legal practitioner to =
prepare the last WILL of testament notarized for claim in your favour, your =
assistance is exceedingly obligatory in order to accomplish this entire =
transaction and I guarantee that this operation will be executed under a =
legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law.
Please View Website of Disaster to confirm true life story of our LATE =
customer: =
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/07/swissair.victims.list/index.html

Best Regards
Mr. Gomez Garcia H. J. (Accounts)

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