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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <emmamike_44@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:06:41 +0000
Subject: URGENT PLEASE



Hello

I am Mr.Mike Emma a British citizen and I work with Union Bank SwissFinance company London UK.I am the accounting officer of Mr. Nelson Owen who died on the recentbomb blast which occurred in London on the 7th of July 2005.
Mr. Nelson Owen who is our Client with Account Number UBS 101-720-4 hasleft the sum of Two Million one hundred and twenty thousand Dollars($ 2,120.000.00) for deposit, this Amount is yet to be credited in hisfavour before he died on the recent bomb blast in London. I want you toopen an account with my Bank or send your bank information so that Ican credit this amount to you while you shall receive 40% of the fund Iand my colleague will have 60%.
If you are interested in this transaction please fill the form belowand get back to me immediatly. Please,provide me the following: as we have 5 days to run it through. this is very very URGENT PLEASE.
PERSONAL DATAFULL NAMES:________________________________________GENDER____________________________________________DATE OF BIRTH:_____________________________________NATIONALITY:_______________________________________COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:___________________________MARITAL STATUS:__________________________________HOME ADDRESS:____________________________________OFFICE ADDRESS:___________________________________TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________________________FAX NUMBER:________________________________________OCCUPATION:________________________________________POSITIONHELD:______________________________________EMAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________________NEXT OF KIN:___________________________________
The name of the Finance and Security Company and all relevantinformation will be given to you, when you contact me on my private
Treat with utmost confidentiality.Yours sincerely,
Mr.Mike Emma
#14, Cameroon House, Wyndham Road, Camberwell, S.E. 5 OUJ. London UK.

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