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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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "eric madu" <ericmadu10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: eedrisdenedo1@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:06:03 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

URGENT ATTENTION
FROM THE DESK OF:
MR.EDRIS DENEDO.
ACCOUNTANT.
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.,
SHOMULU BRANCH.
LAGOS

ATTN:SIR/MA

I am Mr.Edris Denedo. an accountant with THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
and i need your assistance in remmitting a huge ammount of money to
your bank account this money which originally belongs to Mr.George
Thompson a national of your country who until his death was an employee
with Shell Oil Company in Nigeria,he died in a fatal car accident with
members of his familie s 5 years ago,since then we have made several
enquiries to your embassy to locate any of the extended relatives and
this has proved unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts I decided to track his name over
the Internet to locate any member of his family or someone of the same
country hence I decided to contact you since you are of the same
Country. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left
behind by Mr.George Thompson before the bank confiscated or declares
it unserviceable.

Note that after final discusions with one of my superior in the TELEX
DEPARTMENT we arrived at contacting you as the next of kin to claim
this fund into your nimminatted bank account before the account is
declared confiscated,note also that this transfer will be concluded
within the next (7) seven official working days.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
and I need your coope ration so that the (US$15,000,000.00 Fifteen
Million United State Dollars) can be remmitted to you and then we can
share the money,30% to you and 65% for us, while 5% will take care of
all expenses that might be incured on the course of the transfer. All I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.

I advise that you send across to me the following information below:

1) Your Full Name.
2) Your Contact Address.
3) Your Telephone And Fax Number.

Upon the receipt of these information I shall go ahead and secured the
necessary document that will back you up as the Bonofide
Beneficiary/Next of Kin to late Mr. George Thompson

I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
atmosphere that will protect you from any breach of transaction / law.

Regards,

MR.EDRIS DENEDO.
ACCOUNTANT.
(UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC).

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