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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 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)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "top secret" (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 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.
  • +447031905828 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <m-andrews@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:52:34 +0000
Subject: From Dr. Mark Andrews



From Dr. Mark Andrews,Private Tel#: +44703 190 5828
My Dear , How are you doing with your family? I Hope all is fine, kindly pay attention and understand my aim of communicating you today through this letter, My name is Dr. Mark Andrews, Regional Managing Director Natwest Bank, East Anglia and Northern Home Counties -London . I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described here-under for our both mutual benefit and hope you will keep it a top secret because of the nature of the business, During the course of bank year auditing, I discovered an unclaimed/abandoned fund, sum of $16.400,000 USD (Sixteen million Four hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late Mr. Morris Thompson) an American who unfortunately lost his life, in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st, 2000. My choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity nature of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 4 years now, I sincerely seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $16.4 Million Dollars can be paid to you, which we will disbursed or shared in these percentages ratio, 60% to me and 40% to you. All that I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through successfully. I assure you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your country and Here in London once the fund is transferred to your bank account, upon your acceptance of this offer, please proceed immediately and send to me without delay the following information. -Your Full Name, -Your Contact Address &-Your direct Mobile telephone Number. This will enable me to upload your information in our bank database to reflect in the bank system immediately that you are the next of kin/will beneficiary of this fund and I will advise you on how to communicate with the bank for onward transfer of the fund to you, please note that we have few days to carry out this transaction deal, Your kind rapid response through my personal email : m-andrews@msn.com will be highly appreciated. Thanking you in anticipation for your prompt response. Regards, Dr. Mark AndrewsRegional Managing Director, East Anglia and Northern Home Counties.

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