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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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 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.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • dennth111@yahoo.com
  • dennth555@fastermail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dennth4" <dennth4@canada.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:39:13 -0800
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED PLS!!

From:Dennis Thompson(Esq)
23,Fabian Height Crescent,
Pretoria,South Africa
Alternative Email :dennth111@yahoo.com
Alternative Email :dennth555@fastermail.com

Dear Mr/Mrs Saffarian,

I am Dennis Thompson a solicitor at law. I
am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Charles Saffarian,who has
lived in Zimbabwe for the past fifty years, and whom here in
after shall be referred to as my client.

In April 2002 , my client, was involved in crisis between
the white farmers and the the government of Mr.Robert Mugabe
He lost his life during the crisis when the president
wanted to disposses them of their farm lands.I am
contacting you to assist in repatriating most especially,the
money left behind by my client before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposits were lodged.Particularly, the bank where the
deceased had an account valued at about USD9,000,000 (Nine
million United States Dollars) has issued me a notice to
provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated
since they aware of his death.

I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name so that the
proceeds of this account valued at 9 million dollars can be
paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can
share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage.All legal
documents toback up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin,
will be provided.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me, to enable us discuss further
about this transaction.

Best regards,
Dennis Thompson(Esq)


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