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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million british pounds" (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.
  • +447035905434 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • kevinwilliamsprivate@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kevin Williams" <kevinlaw3@maillotto.co.cc>
Reply-To: kevinwilliamsprivate@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 02:41:17 +0100
Subject: Inheritance


Dear Friend

I am highly delighted to be in contact with you and sorry for the
Embarrassment this mail might be to you as we have not met or known each
other before.

My name is Attorney Kevin Williams, I was the Personal Attorney to Late Mr.
Roy Hall a national of your country, who was a contractor and spent most of
his life in my country England UK.

He and his Family were involved in a car accident along Manchester Stretch
and unfortunately lost their lives on the 27th day of September 2003 in
London. Since then I have made several inquiries to your country's embassy
to locate any of my Client's extended relatives but this has proved
unsuccessful hence, he has no next-of-kin at the time of his death.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you since
all my effort to trace or locate any member of his family failed me so that
you as a foreigner will assist me as my late Client's next-of-kin in
repatriating the assets and Capital valued at £5.6 Million British Pounds
Sterling left behind by my late Client before it gets confiscated by the
bank where this huge deposit was lodged. The said Bank in London has issued
me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the deposit confiscated.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my Client's relatives for
over four years and some months now, I seek your consent to present you as
the Next-of-kin to the deceased, so that the deposit can be paid to you
therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for claim. I have all the necessary information
and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
Transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both
in the UK, your Country and internationally. I will be very happy to hear
from you, 1 have agreed to part with 50% percentage of the total amount as
your own share of the money for assisting me in this deal. We shall also map
out percentage of this money to take care of incidental expenses that may
arise in the course of this transaction. Immediately this fund is being
remitted into your account, note that high degree of trust is required from
you. Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation awaiting your response
urgently.

Best regards,
Mr. Kevin Williams.
Email: kevinwilliamsprivate@hotmail.com
+447 0359 05434

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