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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:

• 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.
  • francis_okoye1987@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "francis okoye" <francis_okoye@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:39:08 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED.

Dear Sir/Ceo,

I am an Accountant with STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC(STB) My name is Francis
Okoye a Banker, I am the personal Account Manager to Engineer Steve Moore ,
a National of your country, who used to work with Summit Oil company in
Nigeria.Here in after shall be
refered to as my client On April 21, 2000, my client,was 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 has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last 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 are declared unserviceble by
the STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC. Where the deceased had an account Valued at
about ($18 MillionUS 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
since you answered the same name, so that the proceeds of this account
valued at ($18Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you
and me Can share the money.60% to me, 30% to you. The remaining 10% will be
used for all expensice that we may incure.An attorney will be contracted to
help us revalidate 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 transaction through.

YOUR FULL NAME..................................

CONTACT ADDRESS........................................

AGE:..................................

STATE/COUNTRY.........................

COMPANY NAME..............................

OCCUPATION..........................


TEL/FAX NUMBERS.......................

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Contact me through my
Alternative e-mail address:
( francis_okoye1987@yahoo.fr )

Best Regards,

Francis Okoye.


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