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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:
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: james abraham <james_abraham46@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:58:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: NEXT OF KIN;YOUR CONSENT IS NEEDED.


ATTN:VISSER

Dear Visser,

I could discern that this mail might cometo you as a surprise as we have not met prior to my sending you this mail.Let me therefore introduce myself to you.

I am Mr.James Abraham,the Secretary/personal assistant to Mr.David Visser,a national of your country,who used to work with Shell Development Company here in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000, Mr David, his wife and their only child were involved in a car accident along Lagos- Ibadan express Road and all of them died.
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of his extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left behind by Mr.David before the security
company where he deposited the money could confisicate or declare it unserviceable.
Particularly,the security company where the deceased had an account valued at about US$10.5million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confisicated within the next fourteen official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesful 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 have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at 10.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money 60% to me and 40% to you.So I want to front you as the next of kin & therefore beneficiary of the fund. I have put in place the preliminary arrangement towards ensuring an expedited processing of the payment and procuring necessary legal documents that would be used to backup the(our) claim we make over the fund in your name and favour as the legitimate next of kin and therefore the legally certified and authorised beneficiary.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this Business through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law,hence the business is 100% risk-free.

Please get in touch with me immediately through this my email address above to enable us discuss further and I will let you know what and what to do for action to commence.

I anticipate your urgent response.

Best regards,

James Abraham.









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