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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • glennadofficeuk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • glennofficeuk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Glenn Adamson <gd761@msn.com>
Reply-To: <g-dprivate@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 13:35:36 +0000
Subject: From Mr. Glenn Adamson




>From Mr. Glenn Adamson

My name is Mr. Glenn Adamson, an External Auditor working in a Prime Bank in UK here .

My proposal is that, during our last auditing I discovered a dormant account, with a balance of £52,000,000.00 (Fifty Two Million Pounds Sterling). From my investigation, the owner of the said account, a foreigner by name Mr.John Shumejda. After going into deeply investigation I found out that Mr.John Shumejda died on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash. For more details visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm

Upon the successful transfer of the fund to your account, you will be given 45% of the total amount while 55% will be for me. If you are interested, kindly get back to me as soon as possible so I can advice you on how to proceed for the successful transfer of the Fund in your account without any suspicious.

Warm Regards,

Mr. Glenn Adamson
+44-7902793777
You can get me direct in any of this email
glennadofficeuk@yahoo.co.uk
g-dprivate@msn.com
glennofficeuk@yahoo.co.uk

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam