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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 deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jimmy Kannah" <jimmy_kannah01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jimmykannah@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:07:30 +0000
Subject: DAER FRIEND---STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT PLEASE.

Dear Sir,

I am an Account Officer with Union Bank Plc, My name is Jimmy Kannah, a
Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to (Engineer. Peter W.Paul) who
was an expertrate contractor with Oil servicing Firm here in Nigeria. Here
in after shall be referred to as my client,my client passed on as a result
of a heart attack. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy
to locate any of my client's extended Relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace
you over the Internet hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the Union Bank Plc .
Where the deceased had an account Valued at about (US$7.5 Million) 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 this
account valued at (US$7.5 Million) can be paid to you. The sharing modality
is till open and negociatable.
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. Please get in
touch with me by my email and for more details regarding to this
Mutually/Beneficial transaction.
Your quick response will be highly apprieciated.
Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Jimmy Kannah.

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