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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:
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • +447024036653 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <fgavin@Safe-mail.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:08:35 +0000
Subject: Good Day To You......Reply Back.



>From Mr. Francis Gavin. Dear, A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE. I apologize to explan to you in details, I am a personal accountant to an INDUSTRIALIST who his account has been dormant with a total sum of £125,000.000.00 GBP [One Hundred & Twenty Five Million British Pounds]. The owner of this dormant account is a foreigner by name "John Shumejda" who died on 4th Jan 2002. in a plane crash in Birmingham; you can view this CNN website for his true details. http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/ Since the death of this deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date. Moreover, this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely, this fund will be confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for a period of [7] years without any claims. In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperation in transferring this dormant fund out of our bank to avoid confiscating this fund. I will split the transfer into two 2 stages for easy and smooth transfer. First, I will transfer £25,000,000.00 to any valid foreign account you will nominate, upon a successful transfer without any disappointment from your side; I will then fly to meet you in your home destination for sharing, thereafter we jointly transfer the remaining balance of £100,000,000.00 for magnitude investments. If you are willing to cooperate in this project, Contact me for more details through my private telephone. Mobile: +447024036653Office: +447024094582 Yours truly, Mr. Francis Gavin.

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