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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)
  • ",000,000" (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: John Fletcher <johnfletch99@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <johnfletcher21@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 12:28:54 -0400
Subject: From Mr John Fletcher



Good day, I am Mr. John Fletcher, deputy senior regional manager at Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance in Yorkshire. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On June 6, 2000, Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for forty-eight months, (being four years) valued at US$14,000,000.00, (fourteen Million, Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his employers, that Mr. Barry Kelly his wife and their three Children died from tsunami on his holidays in Thailand 26 December 2004. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by our bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for three years now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$14,000,000.00, (fourteen Million, Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money, 50% shall be for me and 45% for you while 5% is ear marked for any expenses that will be incurred during the process of this transaction. I am writing you because I as a public servant (Manager with the bank), I cannot operate a foreign account or have an account that is more than $1m. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see that this transaction will be profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in Buying of properties like houses, hotels and doing charity works etc. There is no risk at all as all the paper work for this transaction will be done by my Attorney and this will guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further. I look forward to your urgent response. Thanks and regards. Mr John Fletcher.
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