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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "george nelson" <george_nelson2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:16:07 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE

GOOD DAY TO YOU.

My name is George Nelson, I am the credit manager with a bank here in
the
United Kingdom. I am contacting you in respect of the transfer of a
huge sum of money from the account of a deceased client. Though I know
that
a transaction of this nature and magnitude will make any one
apprehensive
and worried, I am assuring you that everything has been taken care of,
and
you have
nothing to fear at all and i would be very glad if you would allow
me bring you to a clearer picture of what is on ground, what we
intend to do and how we intend to do it

PROPOSITION;
I was the account officer of a foreigner, named Gerald Welsh who died
in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can
confirm
this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since his death, none of his relatives or associates have
come forward to lay claims to his funds as next-of-kin, and on my own i
have
made concerted effort to locate any of his relatives but all proved
abortive, which makes me believe that nobody of his knows that he was
operating this
foreign account with my bank. Based on the ethics and policies of the
bank,
these funds will be declared unclaimed funds and taken to the treasury
of
the
bank as capital base of the bank, because already the account has been
tagged dormant because it has exceeded the normal functional number of
years.
We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone
applies for it or laysclaim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as
indicated
in our banking guidelines Upon this discovery, I now seek your
permission
and assistance to present you and have you stand as a next of kin to
the
deceased,so that the funds can be released and transfer to you, as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the funds
(US$15,000,000.00) to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's
next of
kin, if not the members of the board of directors will utilise it for
their
personal aggrandisement. Because after
four years as this is the fifth year going the money will be called
back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared
amongst
the
directors of the bank, so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom
his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds
rather
than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at
the
endof the year.It may interest you to know that I have secured from the
probate
commission an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased
beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following information if
you are interested.

1.A Beneficiary name..In order for me to prepare the document for
transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers...For our personal
contact and for easy communication between both of us.
Upon your acceptance I shall send you my identity for more
confidentiality and trust in each other as i shall trust you not to
elope
with these funds when it finally gets to your account. I shall be
compensating you with Three Million dollars ($3Million dollars) on
final
conclusion of this
project with your assistance, while the balance, i shall use in
prolific investment projects as I intend to retire after the
conclusion of this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable by you,
please endeavor to contact me immediately. Do not take undue advantage
of
the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent response. Contact
me
via this email
address please: george00_nelson@msn.com

Regards,

George Nelson.

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