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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a next of kin / dead customer scam (13 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "gbengathomas" <gbengathomas@superbee.com.br>
Reply-To: gbeoluwaga055@yahoo.com.mx
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:44:29 -0300
Subject: Dear Friend

FROM:Mr Gbenga Thomas
Standard Trust Bank Plc
Lagos Nigeria.
Direct email:gbeoluwaga055@yahoo.com.mx
Phone:+234-802-479-5227

Dear Friend,

I am an Accountant with STANDARD TRUST BANK(STB),My name is Mr Gbenga Thomas, i discovered an abandoned sum of 40million US dollars (Forty million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who used to work with an Oil Development company in Nigeria  (NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLUEM COMPNAY) .Here in after shall be referred to as my client On April 21, 2001, my client, his wife, and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu express way. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this is also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace 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 client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC. Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($40 million u s dollars) has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that we can proceed in transfering  of this account valued at ($40 million u s dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money.60% to me and 40% to you An attorney will be contracted to help revalidated and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require 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. from any breach of the law.

Best regards

Mr Gbenga Thomas
(External Auditor Accountant)

 

 

 

 

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