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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • @rocketmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Hubert Luve <luvehubertb@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: hubertluve@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:24:24 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Attention


Mr. Hubert Luve.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Hubert Luve, a Manager with a Commercial Bank, I was personally in charge of the deposit made by one of our customer late Mr. Mark , who till his death was a contractor with Our Government and the Ports Authority.

On the 21st of April 2004, Mr. Mark , his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident and all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

At the time of his death, he had a deposit of Twelve Million Six Hundred Thousand Euro Only ( €12.6 M) which was proceed of a contract work he just concluded with The Ports Authority before the unfortunate incident.

Unfortunately, till this moment no person has come as his relation for his deposit with us.

I humbly request your attention to this matter so that I can present you as his next of kin and beneficiary to this deposit it is not a very difficult thing to do and it will not take time.

Please contact me as quickly as possible.

Do please note that I did not contact you because you are related to Mr. Mark ; I contacted you so that we can carry out this deal together and your share will be 30% of the total sum.

I will give you details as soon as you reach me.

You can call me on my cell phone number on receipt of this mail for More information's.

Kind regards

Mr. Hubert Luve.


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