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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "adebayo peters" <adebayopeters202@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:53:15 -0500
Subject: Need urgent respond

>From Mr. Adebayo Peters
Lagos Nigeria.

My name is Mr. Adebayo Peters i am the chief accountant of the lagos/
Apapa bank branch of The Standard finance Plc. I was the personal accountant
to the Late Mr. Gabriel , who used to work with sheil development coperation
a national of your country.

My client and his family died in an Air crash on 30th Jan 2001, my
client, his wife and their two children were involved. Since then I have
made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients Extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

I contacted you since i needed someone that will assist me in repatriating
this fund into his/her account since the bank has given an ultimatum of
three weeks for me to get the relative,which from a right source i have been
made to understand that some top government offcial are trying to Divert the
fund for there own selfish interest.

Which i have decided to contact you as a foreigner so we can both carry
out this transaction together instead of allowing the Government to
confiscate it as an UNCLAIMED FUND because his account is worth 35Million
Dollars.

Will await your response to be able to give you further details on the
necessary processes we will be aking.Since every step we will take has
to be done legally as i was his personal account before his death.

Best Regards,
Mr. Adebayo Peters

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