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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.
• 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.
  • edward_eke22@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "edward eke" <edwardeke9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: edward_eke22@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:30:21 +0100
Subject: RE:INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF US$7.5 MILLION

Barclays Bank PLC
International Banking Centre
38 Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge
London SW1X 0LZ-United Kingdom
http://www.barclays.co.uk


ATTENTION:

RE:INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF US$7.5 MILLION
DOLLARS.

We at this bank wishes to congratulate and inform you that after thorough
review and evaluation of your Inheritance/Contract funds in conjunction with
the World Bank Auditor General and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
assessment report, your payment file was forwarded to us for immediate
transfer of the above quoted amount to your designated bank account from
their offshore account with us.

The reports given to us shows that you have been going through hard times by
paying a lot of money to see to the release of your funds, which has been
delayed by some dubious officials.
We therefore advice that you stop further communication with any
correspondence outside this office since you do not have to pay any money or
fee to receive your Inheritance/Contract funds as you have met up with the
whole funds transfer requirements.

The only thing required from you is to obtain the Non-Residential Clearance
Form to enable us credit your account directly by telegraphic transfer or
through any of our corresponding banks and send copies of the funds transfer
release documents to you and your bankers for confirmation.

Should you follow our directives, your funds will be credited and reflect in
your account within five (5) bank working days from the day you obtain this
Non-Residential Clearance Form.

For further details and assistance on this Remittance Notification, kindly
forward your FULL CONTACT ADDRESS, TELEPHONE and FAX NUMBERS directly to my
Private E-mail: edward_eke22@yahoo.co.uk

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Edward Eke.
Head, International Banking Division.
Barclays Bank Plc, UK

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