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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "frank edward" <carloscarlos0008@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: luisdomingo@myway.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:26:30 -0800
Subject: BE MY PARTNER

Dear Friend,
Having obtained your contact from the Spanish Chambers of commerce I
then
decided to contact and solicit your mutual assistance to invest in your
country. I am Mr. CARLOS ALBERTO; I am an official of CAJA MADRID Bank
here
in Spain.
Some years back The former dictatorship and the late Togolese leader,
Gnassingbe Eyadema, who died on February 5 of heart attack, made a
numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at 8,500,000.00(Eight Million, Five
Hundred
Thousand Dollars) in my Bank Branch.
After his death, the new Government and Country leader has been trying
to
retrieve all the stolen funds he stole from the country. Even the
family
including his Son Mr. Faure Gnassingbe does not know about these funds
in my
bank.
However, My Partner and I decided to deposit these funds to one of the
Security Company here in Spain. Consequently, we shall present you as a
foreign partner to stand in as the beneficiary of this money. This fund
was
deposited in my bank as part payment to a foreign company that want to
build
a personal refinery for him here in Spain.
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement
that
will protect you from any breach of the law, as we will use our
position as
the Banker to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution
of
this transaction. It will take only 7-10 working days to conclude this
transaction.
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. We
shall
discuss the disbursement and percentage as soon as we hear from you.
If this interests you, please reply me immediately via the private
email
Awaiting your urgent reply. Thanks.

Best regards,

Carlos Alberto

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