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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:
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "30% for you " (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)
  • "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447045784271 (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.
  • p2cummings1955@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • pcummings1955@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER CUMMINGS" <p32cumms@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: p2cummings1955@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:13:24 +0100
Subject: REPLY/CALL ME


Dear,

I wish to contact you with a request that would be of immense benefit to
both of us. Being the chief executive of corperate,executive director of
Scotland Bank HBOS PLC here in United Kingdom, it is possible that we may be
attracted to make fortune out of my customer situations, when we cannot help
it,
or left with no better option.

The issue I am presenting to you is a case of my customer, Late John Hughes,

who was an Australian citizen and a Chemical Engineer by profession, he died

since 1996, before his death, he willed a fortune to his next-of-kin. It was
most
unfortunate that he and his family, next-of-kin died on the same day in a
ghastly
motor accident on Tuesday 10 February 1996 . I am now faced with confusion
of who to pass the fortune to.

According to the English law, the fortune is supposed to be bequeathed to
the government. However, I do not belong to that school of thought which
proposes that the fortune of a deceased be given to the government. After a
thorough investigation I discovered that Mr. John Hughes's has no other
beneficiary and my investigation also proves that his company does not know
anything about this account, the amount involved is thirty Million Pounds
Sterling (£30,000,000.00).

My purpose of contacting you is to seek your acting as the beneficiary of
the will, and lay claim the legacy of (£30,000,000.00) million pounds
sterling,
which my unfortunate client bequeathed to his next-of-kin. Everything will
be
left between you and I. The share would be 30% for you and 70% for I. I
would
like to take a part of my share to care of the needy and less privileged,as
this
is my primary objective. All I have to do is amend all file to make you the
beneficiary to the (£30,000,000.00) million pounds sterling legacy.

Again, I feel that you may be apprehensive and consider this amount very
huge for you to defend. It does not matter, as there are documents to back
it
up. I therefore appeal to you not to obsolete this request to anybody, even
if
you decline my request. Until I am sure of your consent and full
cooperation. I
would prefer that we maintain all correspondence by email and phone call.

At this point I want to assure you that your true consent, full
cooperation and confidentiality are all that are required for us to take
full
advantage of this opportunity. I look forward to hear from you soon.
It will be great to recieve your reply on my private electronic mail,
p2cummings1955@yahoo.com.hk

Yours truly,
Mr. Peter Cummings.
Chief executive corperate,
Bank Of Scotland Plc.
Tel: +44 70 45 784271
Alternative Email
pcummings1955@yahoo.co.uk

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