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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:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • jamesgregbenjamin@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:18:14 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BUSINESS_PROPOSAL_FOR_OUR_MUTUAL_BENEFIT?=


James Greg Benjamin Esq.
Legal Practioner/Solicitor
Unit 12 Heliport. Industrial Estate,
Lombard Road: London



CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT

I am James Greg Benjamin an attorney to GRAEMA STEWART POCKNALL, a Concorde pilot. Property magnate, who was based in London , Also referred to as my client. On the 25th of July 2000, my client, and his wife including their two Children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise. You can see bellow the website of the plan crash.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

AND THIS IS MY CLIENT BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION'S

Royal bank of Scotland international
Jersey, channel island, united kingdom
Account number: 5893-54037797
Swift code: rbosjesx
Iban: gb56rbos16589354037797
Account name: graema Stewart pocknall

So since then I have been managing his properties here in London . And some of his properties, I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by his bank. Particularly, the bank has issued me a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time. My late client has an account valued at 4.8million dollars. I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of my client deceased.

Waiting to hear from you very urgent. and also send me your full details in regards of this transaction through this email address: jamesgregbenjamin@yahoo.co.uk

Barr: Greg Benjamin


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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