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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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 us 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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • brownmyth1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "brown myth" <johnluma28@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brownmyth1@myway.com
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:36:48 -0700
Subject: REQUEST FROM MR. BROWN

Dr. Brown E. Myth
General Accounts Officer.
Auditing control Unit
Citizens International Bank.
119,Adeola Odeku, V/I.
Lagos Nigeria.
Tel:00234-8029021253.

Dear Friend,

I am an accountant with CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK; my name is Dr. Brown E.
Myth. I am the Accounts officer to late Engr. (Albert) a National of your
country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.

Here in after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000, my client,
his wife and their three children were involved in the Kenya airways flight
with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination
Lagos and the all family died in this fatal air crash on 30 JAN 2000 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 to reach any of his family
members, I decided to 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 these huge deposits
were lodged, particularly the CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK. Where the
deceased had an account Valued at about ($15 million US dollars) has issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin. Or have the account confiscated
within the next ten official working days.

This money will be shared among us: you 50% and me 50%. this is so because i
will take care of the senior officers in the bank who are involved. i will
travel to your country after the money is transfered to your account for
possible investment advise. if you are willing, please send me your:

Full names and contact address, tel number, age/marital status, nationality
etc.

i will send to you the text of application to apply immediately to the bank
for the release of the money to you. i am waiting for your honest and
sincere reaction to this letter.

For confidentiality, use my personal email address to contact me.Email
address: brownmyth1@myway.com

N.B

I SINCERELY RECOMMEND YOU SEND YOUR PHONE NUMBER WHEN RESPONDING TO ENABLE
ME CALL AND GIVE YOU FURTHER EXPLANATION.

Best regards,

Dr. Brown E. Myth

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