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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)
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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 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.
  • +4407024052617

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Mogan Gab Patrick" <mogangp411@msn.com>
Reply-To: <moganprivate1@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:52:16 +0000
Subject: Reply fast.....Dr. Mogan.



#142 Brompton Road,Central London SW3 1HYUnited Kingdom. Dear friend,I know that this mail will come to you out of the blue as a total surprise.Well, I have a business proposal which I know might interest you. I believe that you would be in a position to assist me in my bid to transfer the sum of (£18.5M.) Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds into a foreign bank account. So study the following account carefully and reply urgently. I am Dr.Mogan Gabriel Patrick, an Auditor of a bank here in London. During the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1999 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account.After a lot of investigation I discovered that the owner of the bank account died without a beneficiary.The money is floating and if I do not remit this money out it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of the account is Mr. Magnus Smith, a foreigner. He died since 2000 and the bank account has no other beneficiary. My investigation proved to me that nobody knows about this account or anything concerning it. So I want to grab this opportunity, as it is no harm to nobody. I am here soliciting for your assistance as aforeigner because the money cannot be approved to anybody here. But It can be approved to a foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign bank account because the money at sake is in British Pound sterling and the former owner of the account is a foreigner. The management must approve this payment to you if you have the correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this project. With my influence and the position of the bank officials, we can transfer this money to any foreigners reliable account, which you can provide withassurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival at your end for sharing. Note that an existing foreign bank account or an empty account can serve to receive this money. The banks official will destroy all documents of the transaction immediately this money is into your nominated bank account. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 20% of the total amount,75% will be for the bank official and I, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the course of this transaction. All I require is your honest and full co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. To enable us get the necessary legal documents and approval in your name for the release of these funds to your designated bank account, Please do provide the following information's as soon as I get the information below complete the transfer will be made in less than two weeks. Below are the information needed:1. YOUR FULL NAME........2. YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS.......3. YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.........4. YOUR OCCUPATION...........5. YOUR AGE.................. Endeavor to reply as soon as possible so that we can be able to start the process of claim.N/B: PLEASE I KNOW THAT MAYBE AFTER YOU READING THIS, YOU MAY BE MUCH HAPPY AND DISCLOSE THIS TO SOMEBODY, PLEASE BE MINDFULL DONT EVER TELL ANY BODY ABOUT THIS.....UNDERSTAND?....... Regards, Dr.Mogan Gabriel Patrick.+44(0)702 405 2617

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