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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Pat=20Drake?= <patdrake78@yahoo.cl>
Reply-To: patdrake1@live.com
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:49:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: MY REGARDS TO YOU............


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:patdrake78@yahoo.cl



- Dear Friend, I am Pat Drake. Personal attorney to late Mr. Thomas, a foreign national and a construction engineer. I have the pleasure to contact you on this subject Matter. My late client died along with his entire family while on holiday in Asia Earth Quake Disaster (Phuket Island in Thailand on December 2004. (TSUNAMI DISASTER) He left the sum of USD$4.5M with a bank and ever since his death, the bank has asked me to provide his next of kin. I have the pleasure to contact you based, to stand as his confide next of kin and claim this money which he left behind. On hearing from you, I shall give you a comprehensive information’s of what to do as regards to this. Pat Drake

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