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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: hassan yerima <hassima22@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:01:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.


Dear Sir,

how are you and your family together with your job, i hope all is well with you. well i will thank you first for showing interest and understanding i assure you that if you coporate with me fully and be honest with me everything will go smoothly without any problem. Believe me this person that own this money died in a plane crash for long and nobody is coming to claim his money not even his family members or relations and if i don't do something now that i am working in this Bank as the chief Accountant and i am aware of this money, the management and Directors of the Bank will make use of this money and transfered it to there different personal Bank Accounts and make use of it, well i will like you to send me your full name and address and the country you came from together with your phone number so that we can start processing vital document in your name for easy transfer of the money to your personal bank account.

please try to send your bank details so that our bank here will take notice of it and also for easy transfer. by tomorrow i will get back to you and i will tell you how you will write to our bank here telling the management of the bank that you are the next of kin or the beneficiary of this fund.

And by tomorrow you will get a lawyer here who will assist you run around and swear affidavit from the high court that you are the right next of kin to the deases person and i promise you that after the we might have secured the necessary documents the money will hit your personal bank account within seven working days.

i will stop so far till i hear from you soonest and please this is my private email address it is very confidential.

Best regards,

Hassan Yerima.


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