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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • fernand.danan03@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "fernand danan" <fdanan20@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: fernand.danan02@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:12:35 +0000
Subject: Feed Back

fernand danan,
125 northcote road
sw11 6ps
london,
uk.

dear sir/madam,

my name is fernand danan and i work with a commercial bank here in
london-england.we had a customer that had a deposit of 9million pound
sterlings gbp) before he died in a plane crash with his wife and only
Child about 6years now (25th July, 2000) and since he died, we in the
Bank here have been expecting his/her next of kin/relative(s) for the
inheritance of the deposit, but none has surfaced. We have also carried
out extensive investigations to locate any known relative, but this has
been fruitless.

The policy of the Bank however stipulates a limited time period for
such inheritance to be made or the fund will be written off going by
the record of the incident, the time limit for the claim is closing up.
In this consideration, I am contacting you to seek for your kind
understanding and sincere co-operation to claim this iheritance for our
mutual benefit in view

If you can stand as the next of kin in this project, success is assured
because I am in possession of the personal file jacket of the deceased
which contains every needed information about the deceased account,
you and I stand no risk of any kind because I have enough information
to support you in claiming the inheritance. The proceedings of the
transaction will be shared 60% & 40% each after expenses are
reimbursed. Kindly indicate your willingness and we shall proceed with
the initial step for the claim.The entire project is expected to last
for about 10 working days. pls reply me on this Email :
fernand.danan03@yahoo.com.hk


You should observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Thanks and regards.

Fernand Danan

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