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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr P**** R******" <pravin@iol.pt>
Reply-To: pravine@iol.pt
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 02:57:28 +0100
Subject: Mr P**** R******

ATTENTION:

I am Mr.P**** R******, an account officer in the HSBC bank of London,I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for you that should be handled with extreme confidentiality.

On January 12,1997 a Consultant and contractor with the British Water Corporation Mr. Kim Sangogk,who I happened to be his account officer made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US$12.2M(Twelve Million,two Hundred thousand United States Dollars .

Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the legal policy to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers British Water Corporation that the deceased died in the Korean Air Flight {801}, which
crashed in Guam, on August 6,1997.The incidence was on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

On further investigation, we found out that he died without making a Will and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigations and discovered that the deceased did not declare any next of kin or relations
in all his official documents including his Bank Deposit paperwork .

So I decided to conduct a random search on the internet just to locate his next of kin ,but all to no avail.
This sum of US$12.2M has been carefully moved out of his bank to a Financial and Security Company for safekeeping.No one will ever come forward to claim it and according to the Law of this country, at the expiration of 10 years the money will revert to the ownership of the British Government, if nobody applies to claim the fund.I and an official of the bank has
decided to work this deal with you so be rest assured as I am an insider in the bank who can assist an easy transfer of the funds to your nominated account.

We decided to contact you to assist Us receive his money for safe keeping and investments on our behalf as everything will be taken over by the government as provided in section 129 sub 63(N), British Banking Edit of 1961.

This prompted us to contact you.We want to front you as the next of kin of our late client thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of $12.2 million U.S Dollars that is presently in a Financial and Security Company .

I contacted you because your assistance would be needed to claim the money in the Financial and Security Company The transaction is 100% legal and totally free of risks as all modalities has been perfected to ensure the hitch free success of the transaction.
I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 30% of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me on this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of ownership of this fund to your name to facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country.

You have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper documentation as he died leaving all his documents with me.

If you are interested, send all possible suggestions and interest as soon as possible so that we can proceed ,also send your full names ,occupation,contact address,telephone and fax numbers.


Regards


Mr P**** R******

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