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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "hakim kareem" <hakimkareem2@msn.com>
Reply-To: hakimkareem2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:50:09 +0000
Subject: Attn: Sir, FROM: MR. HAKIM KAREEM. GET BACK TO ME...

FROM: MR. HAKIM KAREEM
14, Cameroon House, Wyndham Road,
Camber well, S.E. 5 OUJ. London UK.
email: hakimkareem2@msn.com
Attn: sir,

I am MR. HAKIM KAREEM a British citizen and I am 47years of age. I am
married with three kids, I work with a Bank and Finance Company here in
London UK.


I am the accounting officer of Mr. Mike Da who died on the recent bomb blast
which occurred in London on the 7th of July 2005.


Mr. Mike Da who is our Client with Account Number UBS 101-720-4 has left the
sum of five Million one Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($5,120.000.00)
for deposit, this Amount is yet to be credited in his favour before he died
on the recent bomb blast in London.


I want you to open an account with my Bank or better still provide an
account so that I can credit this amount to you while you shall receive 40%
of the fund I will have 60%.


If you are interested in this transaction please fill the form below and
return back to me to enable me aplly on your behalf on your behalf as the
true next of kin to my late client.


The name of the Finance and Security Company and all relevant informations
will be given to you, when you contact me on my Email indicating your
interest to assist. I hope you will find it profitable to assist cause am
counting on you. At the end you'll come to know me proper.


Treat with utmost confidentiality.

Yours sincerely,

MR. HAKIM KAREEM


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GENDER: -----------------------------------------------------

DATE OF BIRTH: ----------------------------------------------

NATIONALITY: ------------------------------------------------

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: ---------------------------------------

MARITAL STATUS: ---------------------------------------------

HOME ADDRESS: ----------------------------------------------

OFFICE ADDRESS: ---------------------------------------------

TELEPHONE NUMBER:--------------------------------------------

FAX NUMBER:__------------------------------------------------

OCCUPATION:--------------------------------------------------

POSITION ----------------------------------------------------

EMAIL ADDRESS:-----------------------------------------------

NEXT OF KIN: ------------------------------------------------

ACCOUNT TYPE: -----------------------------------------------

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