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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.
  • petermoore_002@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: petermoore_002@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:19:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS.


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:petermore_1002@yahoo.com.co



- IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME) DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS. 870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017 WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT ATTN: Beneficiary, We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund, recommended and approve in your favour.During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your money into their private accounts, to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD this will enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank.We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the presidency. we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/instructions your Entire Inheritances fund has been credited in your favor through ATM card. You are therefore advice to send your contact details to MR MOORE International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Office London: EMAIL: petermoore_002@yahoo.co.uk: to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card. They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per a day.So if you like to receive your funds through this means kindly let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the following information as stated below to them as directed above. 1. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER, 2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE) 3. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH MR PETER WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS.AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $8.3MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE.We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively thereby making contact with Mr Peter Moore as directed to avoid further delay. CONGRATULATIONS. PETER MOORE. UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK.

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