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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 amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "vivian salife" <viviansalife123@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:14:10 +0000
Subject: THIS IS URGENT PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

Dear Sir,
TOP URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS FOR YOU.
I am Mrs. Vivian salife. The Senior Accountant in Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
I am the widow of late Samuel Salife and since my husband died things have
being very hard for my kids and me and my son Ali who is suffering from
heart problem since and now is becoming very serious and I have collected
four months salary from my Md just to give the doctors that is treating him
because he said that if I did not deposit some money that they will not
treat him but I have look left and look right and I only have this deal from
my bank and I know that if you will be honest to me this deal will be
profitable for both of us and I am not the type that always runs deal in the
bank but due to my present condition I now decided to contact you for
assistance but all I want is your honesty in this business then I will give
you all the details about this money in my bank.

Greetings, I am Vivian Salife The senior account Union bank of Nigeria Plc.
However I got your contact Through the International web directory. I
decided to contact you by email because I feel that it is more Secured and
private. Recently we discovered a Dormant Account with a huge Amount of
Money Valued at US$14.200,000.00(FORTEEN MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS) that belongs to one of our late Customers who died in a plane
crash.
During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to (MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich, Germany)who died along with his entire family in Monday,31
July,2000, in a plane crash.FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm. The fund has been
dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the funds in our
custody either from his family or relation before our discovery of this
development.

The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for Six
years, it will be forfeited
To the Bank treasury as an unclaimed bill it is only a foreigner that can
stand as a next Of kin and it is upon this discovery that I decided to
contact you to collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund. In order
to avert
This negative development, I now seek your permission to have you stand in
as next of kin to our late Customer So that the fund will be released and
paid into your account as the beneficiary’s next Of kin now that the bank is
still expecting a next of Kin or relative of the deceased,

In fact I could have done this deal alone but because Of My position in this
country as civil servants, I am not allowed to operate a foreign account and
that would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer since I still work in this bank, this is the actual reason why I
required a second party or fellow who will assist me forward claims as the
next of kin and also provide either an existing bank account or to set up a
new Bank a/c immediately to receive this fund, even an empty a/c can also
serve for this purpose.

On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% as
gratification for your assisting me, and the remaining 60% will be for me.
What I want from you is for you to act as the deceased next of kin. I have
in my possession, all the necessary Documents to successfully accomplish the
operation. Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free.

Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive
response. I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your
wish.

I await your Urgent response.

Best regards,

Mrs. Vivian Salife.
Senior Accountant,
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.

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