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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "never tell anybody about" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: peter cummings <peter.cummings408@msn.com>
Reply-To: <peter_cummings403@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:47:50 +0000
Subject: ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND




Good Day, How are you today? I hope all is well and there is no problem with your daily endeavours,though i am sorry for communicating you with this meduim but it is only through it i can contact you immediately for this business transaction .I am contacting you for i am in need for a realiable and honest person to transfer out 25,500, 000.00(Twenty Five Million,Five Hundred Thousand Pounds)from my employers( ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND,LONDON)has made me to seek your assistance believing that you are the right person that will aid me in this deal.It was after going through your profile at the Internet Directory that i believe that you are capable to aid me and that is why i have contacted you to help me and inherit these funds.I will send a scan copy of my Id Passport for you to know me more immediately you reply back.I am Mr Peter Cummings,Director of Corporate affairs(ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND,LONDON) I am the personal account officer to Late Kurt Kahle,a foreigner and Investor by profession living here in London before his sudden death,He opened Account in my Bank.Unfortunately he lost his life with his family in a Plane crash on Monday 31st july 2000 while they were flying to New York on vacation. for more information about the tragedy,Please click on this URL/Web http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmAfter my investigation,i found out that no body knows about this Dormant Account or will come to claim the funds.If we leave these funds more,the bank will share it among the shareholder as end of the year profit,i have decided to inherit these funds for my private use but i as a Banker and the account officer,i cannot lay claims on the funds by myself and that is why i have contacted you to use your name as the next of kin/beneficiary to the Dormant Account and transfer these funds to you for my private use.I will offer you 30% of the total sum.I want you to stand as the Next Of Kin so that i will use my High-Rank position here in this Bank to convince other co-staffs to effect Legal approvals and onward Transfer of this money to your nominated Account as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary of the funds with appropriate clearance from probate registry & Foreign Payment Department.I will destroy all the documents concerning this transaction immediately the funds are transfered to your nominated Account leaving no trace of the transfer to any place and apply for my resignation as this will enable me come over to your Country to collect my own share of the funds. I will take 70% and you will take 30% of the total sum hoping that the sharing ratio is accepted by you.I am desperately waiting for your urgent response so that i will tell you more on what we are going to do for my bank to transfer these funds to you.N:B,I want you to know that this business is highly confidential as it is only between me and you,so you should never tell anybody about this transaction until we transfers the funds to your nominated Account to avoid any betrayal of trust or any obstacle of progress.I am waiting for your urgent response so that i will inform you more on what we are going to do and inherit these funds succesfully.Your urgent response is highly expected direct on my alternate email address for security reason,
peter_cummings403@msn.com
Regards,Peter Cummings.

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