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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • janemorris207@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Jane=20Morris?= <janemorris207@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: janemorris@ummah.org
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:31:38 +0100 (CET)
Subject: J'AI BESOIN DE VOTRE PARTENARIAT URGENT


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: janemorris207@yahoo.co.uk

Greetings Dear Friend,


Compliments of the day, how are you and the family,hope they are all well,well as for mine we are very much fine,Permit me to introduce myself,My name is Mrs.Jane Morris,I live here in London and I am 32 years old I work with CITI BANK LONDON,As an Accountant. In the discharge of my duty, I came on this domiciliary account that has remained dormant for some years now with our bank valued at the sum of US$ 18 850 000.00 (Eighteen Million, Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars) I made some enquiries from the contract employers of the account owner, the Kuwait solid minerals corporations,and discovered that the account holder MADAM JENIFER WOODS died on the 25th of July 2000 with her husband and their two Children in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise.


This link below is the misphap of the detail to the crash


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



I am writing you so that we can work together to remit the money to you as the next of kin because this money belong to a foreigner MADAM JENIFER WOODS and has to be claimed by a foreigner,i prayed then decided to reach you after a feeling inside me directed me to do so.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by the deceased MADAM JENIFER WOODS before they get declared unserviceable by the Bank so that the fruits of this woman's labour will not get into the hands of some top officials here and shared among the shareholders. The Bank has issued me a notice as the Accountant to the Deceased to provide the Next of Kin or have the fund declared as an UNCLAIMED FUND within the Next 15 official bank working days.


Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4years now that I have been searching. I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin/benficiary to the Deceased MADAM JENIFER WOODS fund/estate since you are a foreigner like her so that the proceeds of this Bank Account can be paid out in your favor as the next of kin/beneficiary.


This transaction falls on my table so no body is going to question it, until i am unable to provide a next of kin, so you dont have anything to worry about.


I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.This is simple, I will first of all get you an attorney to draft the notarization of the will and help you obtain the necessary documents to back up your claims in your favor as the true beneficiary.I guarantee this transaction under a legitimate arrangement that will not breach the law by both parties; it is a simple process which will take a short while to process. I have all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up any claim we are going to make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.


These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. You will be compensated.


I want you to know that my main purpose of doing this,is because i believe in doing good, so i suggest that you keep 30% for yourself,while 30% come to me and 35% goes to charity, the remaining 5% will be for our expenditure.And also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution, I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me, Kindly Notify me by email for further details upon your acceptance of this proposal.


Please observe utmost confidentiality,cause i would not want this that i am doing to be discovered by any colleaque here at the bank and be rest assured this is 100% risk free.


I wait for your urgent reply so that we can proceed with the proper documentation of the transfer to your favour through the neccessary legal processes.And i would also appreciate it if you can write me back in english.


Please respond only to this email address for further briefing on this project: janemorris207@yahoo.co.uk


Best Regards,

Mrs.Jane Morris

Accountant Citibank Bank London

- Jane Morris

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