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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • bravo6001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • bravo6002@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Bravo Pitchers" <bravo_pitcher36@msn.com>
Reply-To: <bravo6001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:33:00 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPOND



From the desk of Mr. Bravo PitchersHead,Accounting Department,Barclays bank Plc,London UK.Good day,I am a senior accountant in Barclays Bank London uk, and also the personal Account Officer to late Ronald Lake and Joyce Lake who used to work with Frank Howard Allen Realtors. On the 31st of January 2000, my client and his wife were involved in a Plane Crash (Alaska Airlines Flight 261) all passengers unfortunately lost their lives,since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client?s extended relatives but this proved unsuccessful.After all these several unsuccessful attempts, since it's not compulsory that the next-of-kin must be a blood relation to the deceased, Presently, be informed that a next-of-kin can be anybody, friends or organization. since the deceased (my client) had aDeposit valued at US$21, 437, 000.00 Million with my bank, my bank has issued me a notice as the account officer, to provide the next-of-kin to my client to receive its benefit or have the account confiscated,so I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating this benefit left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank.To this effect, I now seek your consent to present you to my Bank as the next of kin of the deceased (my Client) so that the proceeds of this Deposit valued at US$21, 437, 000.00 Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money; 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% should be given to any Orphanage Home.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me only by this email { bravo6001@gmail.com} OR{bravo6002@gmail.com}. Your prompt response is highly imperative.Yours sincerely,Mr. Bravo Pitchers

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