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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:
  • "million british pounds" (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: "bello lawal" <lblllawal@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bblllawal_bb@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:19:11 -0900
Subject: Mr bello lawal

>From bello lawal General Manager.I am writing following an oppurtunity in my
office that will be of imense benefit to both of us. In my department we
discovered an abandoned sum of 10.5million British Pounds Sterling
(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in an
account that belong to one of our foreign customers,former Guinea-Bissau
army
chief killed (General Verissimo Correia Seabre)I Refer you to this
website for its detail

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3720218.stm)

Now the bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for
the claim but nobody has done that.I personally know that no-one will
come because the only once that knows of this where killed along side
with him and being his finacial advicer,i know all about this deposit.He
agreed with the bank that he or the foreign partner will come for the
transfer of the funds on a later date.I seek your consent to present you
as the foreign partner to the deceased so that the proceeds of this
account can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and
40% to you.. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest
Co-operation,Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction
through. I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please, provide me the following:
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.Note
that your delay in reply will give me room to source for another
individual for the same purpose.
expecting to hearing from you
Your sincerely,
Mr bello lawal
General Manager

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