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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • brownmyth1@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Brown Myth" <brownmyth1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:06:26 +0000
Subject: REQUEST FROM DR MYTH

DR. BROWN MYTH
GENERAL ACCOUNTS OFFIFER
AUDITING CONTROL UNIT
CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK
119,ADEOLA ODEKU V/I
LAGOS NIGERIA
Tel:00234-8029021253.


RESPECTED FRIEND,

I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK; MY NAME IS DR. BROWN
MYTH. I AM THE ACCOUNTS OFFICER TO ENGR. (ALBERT) A NATIONAL OF YOUR
COUNTRY, WHO IS A CONTRCTOR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.

HEREIN AFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT ON THE 30TH JANUARY, 2000, MY
CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE KENYAN
AIRWAYS FLIGHT CRASH WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER 5Y-BEN WHICH DEPARTED FROM
NAIROBI TO DESTINATION LAGOS AND ALL THE FAMILY DIED IN THIS FATAL AIR
CRASH ON 30TH JANUARY 2000. SINCE THEN, I HAVE MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES TO
YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENT'S EXTENDED RELATIONS, THIS HAS
PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL.

AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO TRACE THE LAST NAME
OVER THE INTERNET TO LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HENCE I CONTACTED YOU.
I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT
BEHIND BY MY LATE CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED
UNSERVICABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THIS HUGE DEPOSIT WAS LODGED, PARTICULARLY
THE CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK, WHERE THE DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT VALUED AT
ABOUT (US$15 MILLION) HAS ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR
HAVE THE ACCOUNT CONFISCATED WITHIN THE NEXT TEN WORKING DAYS.

SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE RELATIONS FOR OVER TWO YEARS,
I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED SINCE
YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT
(15 MILLION US DOLLARS) CAN BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN, YOU AND I CAN SHARE THE
MONEY. 50% FOR YOU AND 50% TO ME AND ALL THE EXPENSES WILL BE SHARED
EQUALLY.

ALL I REQUIRE OF YOU IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS DEAL
THROUGH. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE
ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU AND I FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. PLEASE
FOR CONFIDENTIALITY PURPOSE, REPLY THIS MAIL TO MY PRIVATE MAIL BOX:
BROWNMYTH1@YAHOO.COM

N.B

I SINCERELY RECOMMEND YOU SEND YOUR PHONE NUMBER WHEN RESPONDING TO ENABLE
ME CALL AND GIVE YOU FURTHER EXPLANATION.

BEST REGARDS,

DR. BROWN MYTH





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