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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?windows-1252?Q?=3F=3F=3F?= <shaosihong@pku.edu.cn>
Reply-To: mcfaddencole@live.com
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:06:45 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend




Dear Friend,

I kindly wish to ask for your attention and However,I am
sincerely sorry for any inconvenience this may cost you. I am asenior
staff an institution here in Uk, and I have a business opportunity to
propose
to you which would be of mutual benefit to both parties if carefully
executed. I am the account officer and personal friend to William
Wise who died in the July 2004 London bomb blast. William Wise was a
good client of mine, before he was killed in the 2004 London bomb
blast, he however has a deposit of Nine million two hundred thousand
British Pounds(9.2 Million GBP)with the bank and his family are not
aware of this particular account due to the perennial crisis in his
marital life. As his close confidant and an account officer,he warned
me on the implication of letting any member of his family
have knowledge of his deposit with our bank. For more details and
confirmation please try and visit this site below for

clearification:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4738131.stmBas
ed

on the afore-mentioned, I am craving your cooperation to
claim this money for our own personal use. All I need to do is to
present you as the partner and next of kin to the deceased.The bank
would transfer the fund to you as the beneficiary for our mutual
benefit. Please note the urgency in this transaction and respond
swiftly so that we can beat their deadline. Please have no fear for I
assure you that all relevant documents needed to make this
deal successful has been designed,as soon as I receive a
positive response from you. Note that we need collaborative approach
to make this deal successful. I believe strongly that if diligently
and judiciously executed, it wouldbe of mutual benefit to both parties.
You are to indicate your interest by writing to my private
eMail:mcfaddencole@live.com

Cheers.
Mc Fadden Cole.

Anti-fraud resources:

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