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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: "CHIEDOZIE OPUTA" <edozie_oputa@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:59:21 +0100
Subject: Next of Kin and urgent please.

Dear

I am an Accountant with CAPITAL BANK(CB),My name is Mr Edozie Oputa a
Banker, I am the personal Account Manager to Engineer Anderson Santos,,a
National of your country, who used to work with Summit Oil company in
Nigeria.Here in after shlall be refered to as my client On April 21, 1999,
my client, his wife, and their three children were involved in a car
accident along Sagamu express way. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the
Internet, to locate any membe r of his family hence I contacted you. I have
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind
by my client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the CAPITAL BANK(CB.
Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($25 Million USDollars)
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
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued at ($25 Million U S Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me
Can share the money.60% to me and 40% to you. An attorney will be contracted
to help us revalidated and notarize all the necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you. from any breach of the law.

Best Regards,
Mr Edozie Oputa

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