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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: tombello_md bello <tombello_md20@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:05:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I WAIT FOR THE INFORMATION


Dear Madras House

I will state here catigoricaly that is transaction will not execeed 14 bank working days from the day approval is give to your application, i will advise you to send below information to me so that we can proceed with the transaction ;make sure you keep intouch in this transaction my friend you dont have to bother your self in this transaction,but bewear of scam in the
globa.

1; YOUR BANKING INFORMATION (account number and address of any of your wish bank that you recieve the payment )

2 YOUR TELE PHONE

3; YOUR OCCUPETION

4; YOUR AGE.

5; MARITAL STATUS

I shall a wait for the above information to proceed in submition of application to our bank international remittance department for the approval of the fund in your favou, i will use my conection in the bank to see that an urgent attention is given to the transaction,

You to know that we are going to make use of an attorney here that will nutrise the will and get a probate document from the authorities concerns in for your favour.

If you may know the depositor late Barry Kelly do not kept any person as the next of kin to the fund and we have make use of his forwarding address to locate any of his relative but all prove arbortive , you should not bother yourself about the cost as i have arrengement for the transaction.

To this effect, the management of our bank directed me to look for the next of kin to late Barry Kelly, so that the fund will be transfer to them ,otherwise the fund will delear uncliam and return to the our bank suspect account in the apex bank of Nigeria.

I agree with the sharing ratio of 40% for you , 50%for me while 10% will be use for expencess.if you agree with the sharing ratio forward to me all the required information.
god bless you and your family.

tom





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