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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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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: malik_mbd@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:03:42 +0200
Subject: Hello

From:Aberdeen Malik(Esq)
23,Fabian Height Crescent,
Pretoria,South Africa
Dear Mr/Mrs,
I am Aberdeen Malik a solicitor at law. I am the
Personal
Attorney to Mr. Kamal Hamid,who has lived in Zimbabwe for the past
fifty
years, and whom here in after shall be referred to as my client.
In April 2002 , my client, was involved in crisis between the white
farmers
and the the government of Mr.Robert Mugabe . He lost his life during
the
crisis when the president wanted to disposses them of their farm
lands.I am
contacting you to assist in repatriating most especially,the money left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by
the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.Particularly, the bank
where
the deceased had an accout valued at about USD9,000,000 (Nine million
United
States Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or
have
the account confiscated since they aware of his death.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 9 million dollars
can be
paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the
amount on
a mutual agreed percentage.
All legal documents toback up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin,
will
be provided. 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.
Please get in touch with me, to enable us discuss further about this
transaction.

Best regards,

Aberdeen Malik(Esq).

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