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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "huge amount of money" (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 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: "PETER ANDERSON" <andersonlo190@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: peterlo190@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:56:51 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Dear Sir/Madam,

l am Mr. Peter Anderson of Jones associate a personal attorney to Dr. Jonathan Mann, who died with his family in Swissair accident in 1998. The CNN web page below will tell you more about my client;

<http://www.cnn.com/health/9809/03/dr.mann.profile>

My purpose of contacting you is to ask for your aid in partnership to repatriate the sum of US 60 million that belongs to my client in a domiciliary bank account/security company here in United Kingdom. Since after his death, his bankers/Security company has written to me several times to bring the Next of kin to my client or they will liquidate his whole account hence the banking law policy of the united kingdom states that they bank has every right to do so after nine years. And the nine years period will elapse by December 31st 2006.So I need to file in for the claims as soon as I hear from you.
I will give you the details/ operational method on how to repatriate the said SIXTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS into your bank account for our mutual benefit. While replying, include your phone number and fax for voice communications.

I really need this money for my wife kidney transplanting Surgery and my life time business investment plan over there in your country which involved huge amount of money. Please help me so that we can get this money out from hands of the people that will share it amongst themselves and cover it up with wicked Government policies. We will discuss the sharing method when start the business.

My contact email account:
Truly Yours,
Peter Anderson

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