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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.
• 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.
  • mrduncan.hall1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Mr.Duncan_Hall?=" <office.infox@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:18:17 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Manager_Investor_Relations?=


I am Mr. Duncan Hall, I work with a reputable Bank in London, a contractor From your Country made a deposit for 12 months, We discovered, that the depositor had died without making a will Consequently, my proposal is I want to front you as his next of kin, if this transaction interest you kindly let me know so that I will link you to our Bank for further Details also kindly finish me the following information’s below.

[1] NAME:...................................................
[2] CONTACT ADD:............................................
[3] AGE: ..................SEX:.............................
[4] TEL.............................. FAX:..................
[6] OCCUPATION STATUS: .....................................
[7] COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.........COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.........

Regards Yours Faithfully

Mr. Duncan Hall
Manager Investor Relations
Email mrduncan.hall1@yahoo.co.uk


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
Découvrez vite l'offre exclusive ALICE BOX! En cliquant ici http://abonnement.aliceadsl.fr Offre soumise à conditions.*Source : TNS SOFRES / BEARING POINT. Secteur Fournisseur d.Accès Internet

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