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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states 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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "jeffery_jean1@yahoo.fr" <jefferyjean1@jabster.pl>
Reply-To: jeffery_jean1@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:55:45 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR.JEFFERY JEAN


FROM THE DESK OF MR.JEFFERY JEAN
AUDITS & ACCOUNTS DEPT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

Dear Friend,

Greeting's to you and your entire family!

I am MR JEFFERY JEAN, a banker with the above mentioned bank in Ouagadougou
Burkina
Faso in West Africa, holding the post of the Audit & Accounts dept. On
December, 25,
2003, one Mr. Lech Phillip,a Lebanese National, An Astute Business man of
international repute, a contract with ecowas country, whose endeavours spans
various
areas of Business interest, (Real estate, contract and Farming .etc) made a
numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at $12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United States
Dollars) for twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch.

Upon Maturity, we 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
company
that Mr. Lech Phillip. was aboard the AF4590 plane, which crashed
December, 25
2003.

After further investigation, it was discovered that he died without making a
will
and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless.
On further investigation, it was discovered that Late Mr. Lech Phillip, did
not
declare any next of kin or relatives in all his official documents,
including his
Bank Deposit paper work here in our Bank. The total sum, $8,000,000.00
(Eight Million Dollar) is still in
my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the
end of
each year. All efforts to trace and locate his next of kin proved abortive.

In accordance with the country's banking laws and constitution guiding this
banking
institution stated that after the expiration of 5 years, if no body or
person
comes for the claim as the next of kin , such money will be revert to the
Burkina
Faso government treasury if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim of
the fund.
Consequently, It is upon this respect, I seek to present you as a foreign
partner to
stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Lech Phillip, since no one will
come up
for the claim.

Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail the ADB Bank
"Next of
Kin Payment Application Text Form" as well as detailed information on how
this
business would be carried out.

The money will be shared in the ratio: 60% for me, 30% percent for you and
10%
percent for any arising contingencies during the Course of this transaction.
I
guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will
protect
you from any breach of the law, as I will use my position in the Bank's here
to
perfect this business transaction & secure Approvals and guarantee the
successful
execution of this transaction.

Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this
interests
you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this Transaction at hand
whatever your decision is.
I await your urgent response,and fill those question below to enable us
proceed this
business onward. Thanks

Your Full Name............................
Your Sex.................................
Your Age.................................
Your Country..............................
Marital Status......................
Your Occupation..........................
Your Personal Mobile Number....................
Your Personal Fax Number......................

As soon as i receive your postive respond i will send you the text of
application
which you will use to apply in my bank as next of kin.

Thanks.
Mr. JEFFERY JEAN .
Audits & Accounts Manger

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