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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:
  • "deadline" (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: george_m2007@yahoo.fr <george_m2007@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:46:47 -0600
Subject: RE:


Hello Dear,

I am Mr. George Moore an account officer to a German property magnant
Andreas Schranner, a deceased Immigrant. Property magnate, who was
based in the U.K., Also referred to as my client. On the 25th of July
2000, my client, his wife and their
children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York
in their plan for a world cruise,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

since then I have been managing his properties here in the U.K.
and some of his properties, which he put out for sale. Which I
monitored
the payment as his account officer, has been bought and paid for. I
tried locating any of his relatives over the years through the German
Embassy, but all my effort proved abortive.

Now the money paid was deposited into his Local account
here. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by his bank particularly, the bank has issued
me a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account
confiscated within a short time. My late client has an account valued
at 15.5 million pounds.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some time
now, and with the bank giving me deadline, I now seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds
of this account valued at 15.5 million pounds can be paid to you and
then you and I can share the money 50%
to me and 40% for you and 10% for miscellaneous expenses that might
arise.
I have all necessary information that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable
us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of
the law.

Trust me, as his account officer; this is a risk free business
relationship.
Please get in touch with me by my personal email address. And send me
your full address, telephone and fax numbers to enable us
discuss further about this transaction.

Best
Regards,

Mr. George Moore

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