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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)
  • ",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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447035914680 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Ebong Edet <ebong.edet@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:33:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT



URGENT.
=A0
Dear=20
I am Mr Wards Wright, contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a=
hugh sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transactio=
n of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am as=
suring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
=A0
PROPOSITION I discovered an abandoned sum of S$11,000,000.00=20
(Eleven Million Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign c=
ustomers who died along with his entire family. Since his death, none of hi=
s next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as =
the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applie=
s for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking =
guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you sta=
nd as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully=
worked out by us for the=A0=A0 fund (US$11,000,000.00) to be released in y=
our favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest you to note th=
at I have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of dec=
eased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptan=
ce of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the.
=A0Following:
=A0
1. Beneficiary name and address.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.
These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate=
n departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer ca=
n be made. We are going to share the total sum on final conclusion of this =
project, and I will like to invest in your country.If this proposal is acce=
ptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in =
you, I await your urgent mail.

Regards,
Mr Wards Wright
Tel; +447035914680
Tel; +447035945119

NB: Please if you are interested with the deal, kindly respond back with yo=
ur full name and address, fax / phone numbers, to enable me proceed immedia=
tely without any delay.
=A0=0A=0A=0A

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