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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 deposit" (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 us 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: NELSON JOHN <lagoss2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 01:30:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Next of kin


Hello Dear ,
I am an Account Officer with ECO BANK NIGERIA PLC ,My name is MR NELSON JOHN, A banker with eco bank plc and the the accounting officer to late Engr ,a National of your country, who used to work with an Oil servicing Firm in Nigeria.Here in after shall be referred to as my client On june 20, 2004 .my client, was involved in a car accident along Sagamu express way. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately loss their lives.Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet,
to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and properties left behind by my client before they Get confiscate or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the (ECO BANK NIGERIA PLC)Where the deceased had an account Valued at about($6 million u s dollars) has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin.Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that this account valued at ($6million us dollars) Urgent reply.

Regards
NELSON JOHN


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