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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Colly Donald" <collydonald14@msn.com>
Reply-To: donaldcolly1@yahoo.com.sg
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:02:40 +0000
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION ONLY.

FOR YOUR ATTENTION ONLY.

Dear Good Friend,
In order to transfer out Twenty eight million two
hundred thousands us dollars.($28.2m). from our bank,
i have the courage to ask for your assistance in providing
me a RELIABLE and HONEST person who will be capable for
this important business believing that you will not let
me down either now or in the future, I am Mr.Donald
Colly chief accountant in one of the leading bank here
in Dakar Senegal.There is an account opened in this bank
in 2002 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this
account again.After going through some old files in
the records i discovered that if i do not remitt this
money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr.Smith B, Andreas, A
foreigner, and themanager of Petro-Technical Support
Service.A chemical engineering by profession and he died
in auto crash and since then no other person knows about
this account or any thing concerning it , The account
has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to
me as well that,His company does not know anything about
this account and the amount involved is Twenty eight
million two hundred thousands us dollars.($28.2m).

I want to transfer this money into a safe foreigners
account abroad but i don't know any foreigner because
this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but
can only approved to any foreign account because the money
is in us dollars and the former owner of the account is
Mr.Smith B,Andreas and is a foreigner too. I know that
this massage will come to you as a surprise as we don't
know ourselves before, But be assured that it is real
and a genuine business,I only got your contact address
from the computer with believe in God that you will
never let me down in this business,So please reply
urgently so that i will inform you the next step to
take urgently.

I want us to see face to face or sign a binding agreement
to bind us together so that you can receive this money
into a foreign account or any account of your choice
where the fund will be remitted.And i will fly to your
country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments.


I am contacting you because of the needs to invole a
foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary.
I need your co-operation to make this work fine.Because
the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner who has correct information of this account,
Which i will give to you later immediately,If you are
able and with ability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and
advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity
will never come again in my life. I need truthfull
person in this business because i don't want to make
mistake,i need your strong assurance and trust.

With my positon now in the office i can transfer this
money to any foreigner reliable account that this money
will be intact pending my physical arrival in your
country for sharing.

I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately i
hear from you that you are ready to act an d receive
this fund in your account. I will use my position and
influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer
of this money to your account with appropriate clearance
forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business , you will be entitle
for 18% of the total amount,80% for me, while 2% will be
for expenses both parties might have incured during the
process of transferring.

I am looking forward for your earliest reply.

Thanks.
Mr.Donald Colly

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