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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Amos Green" <amos_green300@msn.com>
Reply-To: amgreen6@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:14:44 +0000
Subject: Urgent Attention Needed

STAND AS NEXT OF KIN
FROM THE DESK OF MR.AMOS GREEN.ACCOUNTANT OF GLOBAL BANK NIG PLC
(G.B.),LAGOS NIGERIA.
TELE: 234 802 8800195.


Good Day,

I am MR.AMOS GREEN, an accountant in GLOBAL BANK NIG PLC(G.B).at foreign
remittance department.

I am the accounting officer to ENGR.Barry Cuba.a national of United State of
America, who used to work with shell/oil development company in Nigeria as
the chief Engineer,on the 4th of May 2001. my client Who perished with his
wife And their two children in a plane crash along With 144 Others which
includes the then Nigerian sports minister late ISHAYA MARK AKU,in an eas
air-line plane crash in kano northern nigeria all occupants of the plane
unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries at
their embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, but this has
proved unsuccessful.

After this several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence
I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money that belong to my client
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this
huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the late decease had an account valued at about
{$46.5m}forty Six million five hundred thousand united state US dollars. My
bank has issued me a notice today 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 4 years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased,so
that the proceeds of this account valued at {$46.5m} forty Six million five
hundred thousand united state US dollars,can be paid into your account and
then you and me can share the money. at the ratio of 35% of this money will
be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign
account, 20% for any charity organization in your country while 5% will be
set aside for expenses incured during the business and 40% would be for
me.since nobody is coming for it and I dont want this money to go into the
Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

There is no risk at all as all the paper work for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney and my position as the Accountant with the bank
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.As soon as you
indicate your interest by sending below information:

1. Your full name and address
2. Your telephone and fax number

All i require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through.I have the document, (DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE) required to this
transaction I guarantee that this will be executed under alegitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.you may also
wish to view this web site on the internet to confirm the plane crash

http://www.disasterrelief.org/disasters/020506nigeriacrash/

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and that will
help you understand the transaction. Please observe utmost
confidentiality,and rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest
my share in your country.

Please Call me on 234 802 8800195 for more details.

Thanks and regards.

MR.AMOS GREEN.

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