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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:
  • "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)
  • "huge sum 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: nelsonbarth2@interfree.it
Date: 14 Jun 2006 09:16:55 -0000
Subject: I Need Your Urgent Responce


Attn

I am Mr.Nelson Barth. the C.E.O of Islamic Development
Bank (IDB) Dakar,Senegal.
However I got your contact from the web during my
search for help.I decided to contact you by email
because I feel that it is more secured and private.
Recently I discovered a Dormant Account with a huge
amount of Money Valued US$31,823,000.00 USD[Thirty one
million eight hundred and twenty three thousand United
States Dollars] that belongs to one of our late
Customer who died in a plane crash .During my
investigation and auditing in this bank, my department
came across a very huge sum of money belonging to Late
Mr.Morris Thompson an American great industrialist and
a resident of Alaska,who unfortunately lost his life
in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which
crashed on January 31 2000,including his wife and only
daughter.You shall read more news about the crash on
visiting this site which I got during my
investigation;
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>
The fund has been dormant in his account With this
Bank without any claim of the funds in our custody
either from his family or relation before my discovery
of this development.The Banking law here stipulates
that if such money remains unclaimed for ten years, it
will be forfeited to the Bank treasury as an unclaimed
bill.It is only a foreigner that can stand as a next
of kin and It is upon this discovery that I decided to
contact you to collaborate with you to pull out this
dormant fund.In order to avert this negative
development, I now seek your permission to have you
stand in as next of kin to Our late Customer so that
the fund will be released and paid into your account
as the beneficiary´s next of kin now that the bank is
still expecting a next of kin or relative of the
deceased ,Late Mr. Morris Thompson. In fact I could
have done this deal alone but because of my position
in this country as civil servant,I am not allowed to
operate a foreign account and that would eventually
raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer since I still work in this bank, this is the
actual reason why I required a second party or fellow
who will assist me forward claims as the next of kin
and also provide either an existing bank account or to
set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this
fund, even an empty a/c can also serve for this
purpose.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction,55% of the
fund will be for me,I will give you 30% of the total
transfered sum,10% for charity both in Senegal and in
your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside
to settle expenses both parties might incure during
the transfer process.What I want from you is for you
to act as the deceased next of kin. I have in my
possession, all the necessary Documents to
successfully accomplish the operation.Bear in mind
that this transaction is 100% risk free.
Further Information will be given to you as soon as I
receive your positive response.
PLEASE,THE CONTENT OF THIS LETTER IS A TOP SECRET AND
I WILL WANT YOU TO KEEP IT TO YOURSELF ONLY.

Sincerely yours,

Mr.Nelson Barth.

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