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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)
  • "attorneys " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: pwilliams46@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:34:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greetings


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:p_williams00060@yahoo.com.co



- Robin Tan & Co. Attorneys 31 Norfolk Square, Paddington. London W2 1RS. I am Peter Williams, an Attorney at law of Robin Tan & Co. Attorneys located in London.A deceased client of mine who died with his wife and family while working as a contractor in Indonesia as a result of the deadly Tsunami. Please log to this website below for more about the Tsunami www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake/ I am contacting you to help assist me in ensuring that the funds lodged by my client with a Financial Institution Abroad is claimed, the Financial Institution did not declare the funds unclaimed hence my reason for this contact to you.The Financial Institution has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the funds will be confiscated.I have contacted you in the hope of presenting you as my associate to assume the new recipient of a Fixed-Income deposit valued at $16million dollars.I will need your details, names; address, occupation and phone numbers to enable me re-profile your details on the $16million dollars as the new recipient.Am confident it will be approved within 48hours and the funds will be released to you as the new beneficiary after due documentation within 4 banking days. Kindly note that time is of essence since the fixed-income deposit has to be cleared before the ending of this last quarter of the financial fiscal 2008. You earn 25% of the $16million as your commission that stands at $4million for acting as my associate. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology. Please contact me at once to indicate your interest.I look forward working with you as the new beneficiary. Best Regards, Peter Williams Esq. PS The honesty I demand of you cannot be over estimated.

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