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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +22998714447 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Stan=20Sawyer?= <stansawyer99_pin@yahoo.cl>
Reply-To: sawyerstan@live.fr
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:00:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:stansawyer99_pin@yahoo.cl



- Hello, With great pleasure I am writing this proposal to you and i apologize for any inconvenience it might cause you.Due to the sensitivity of this transaction and my commitment as a banker, i urge for your consent in this great opportunity. I am Dr Stan Sawyer, the head of auditing and accounting section,We had a foreign customer,Eventually,he died on 26th December 2004 in Tsunami that happened in Sumatra island Indonesia while on a vacation, he had deposited a huge sum of $7.5M,with my position in the Bank and having monitored this deposit and yet nobody has showed up as the next of kin since after his death. This transaction is 100% risk free provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality as it requires.I guarantee you that the entire transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your country.Which i will detail you more as soon as you respond Through my private E-mail Bellow. Dr Stan Sawyer +229-987-14447

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