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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:
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Jeffrey Milestones <customerservice@clarkcolor.com>
Reply-To: jeffreymilestoneconsults@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:18:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Claim As Next Of Kin:Your Response Is Needed!!!




Greetings to you.
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I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to enable me carry ou=
t an urgent business Opportunity in my department. My name is Mr. Jeffrey M=
ilestone and I was the CONTRACT AGENT officer to an Oil Merchant Engineer a=
lso a national of your country, who died along with his wife and Two kids i=
n the Asia Earth Quake Disaster(TSUNAMIDISASTERhttp://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/=
2004/tsunami.disaster/.=20
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All of his Family lost there lives in the Disaster. My client was a success=
ful and an accomplished family man, who work with a multinational Oil firm =
here in africa,He was sent to Asia (Sri Lanka) for a Special Assignment for=
his Company were he died. He left in his domiciliary account the total sum=
of Four Million and Five hundred thousand, United States Dollars only($4,5=
00,000.00USD).Since then I had made several inquiries through your Embassy =
to locate any of my clients extended relative but this exercise has proved =
unsuccessful.=20
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After several unsuccessful attempts,After the sudden death of my client,and=
for the reason that there has not been a next of kin to my late client,the=
bank has decided to forfeit the money and declear as an abandoned property=
as there is no next of kin who should inherit his funds.The board of direc=
tors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his nex=
t of kin for the payment of this money within 28 working days or forfeit th=
e money to the bank as an abandoned property. The bankers had planned to in=
voke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after th=
e expiration of the period given to me.I have reasoned very professionally =
and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of m=
y deceased client, so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank accou=
nt.=20
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I therefore seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Dece=
ased that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at $4.5 Million Dollars =
can be paid to you. You shall have a reasonable percentage for being part o=
f this transaction. We shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents tha=
t will be used to back up our claim.All I require is your honest co-operati=
on to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be exe=
cuted under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach =
of law.

Get back to me as soon as possible.=20

Regards,=20
Jeffrey Milestone.



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