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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • @myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "manfred frei" <manfredfrei24@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:07:53 +0000
Subject: PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr Manfred Frei,the account officer to Mr Williams Cart,a foreigner who
used to work with Mobile-producing corporation(an oil company)in
Nigeria;herein after,shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April
2000, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a
car accident along sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
client`s relatives or extended relatives and this,has also proved
unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to contact
any foreigner and present him/her as the cousin to my dead client;hence I
contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repaitrating the Lodgement left behind by
my client before they get confisticated or declared unserviceable by the
bank.Particularly,the GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC where the deceased had a
deposite-account valued at about 27.5million U.S dollars has
issued me a notice/mandate as his personal account officer,to provide the
next-of-kin to the deceased or have the account confisticated within the
next 14 official working days.
Since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 4 years
now,i seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin to the deceased so
that the proceeds of this account valued at 27.5million U.S dollars can be
paid to you and then you and i can share the money.
All I require is your honest cooperation and assistance to enable us see
this deal through. Be rest assured that i shall secure the services of a
renowned lawyer/attorney who shall ensure that this transaction is executed
smoothly/quickly under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me
from any breach of the law.
Do get in touch with me immediately via my confidential/private email
address manfredfrei14 @myway.com or manfredfrei 15 @myway.com
Best regards,
manfred


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