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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: timsvilla10@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:43:39 -0700
Subject: BE HONEST & TRUTHFUL TO ME

Dear Friend,
Good day to you.

I am Mr Timothy Villa an accountant in the bill and exchange department
of the foreign remmittance section of Banque Togolaise De Developpement
Lome,Togo in West Africa

I contacted you into this transaction so that you will stand as the next
of kin before this bank to enable the bank to effect the transfer of this
fund into your bank account, after the last auditte In my department this
discovered an abandoned
sum amountof ( 14.4 million US dollars) fourteen million four hundred thunsand
US dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers,
Mr J L .GREENBAUM, who was involved in 2001 hamas suicide bombing in pizzeria
august 2001 and he died..Since we got this information about his death,
we have been expecting his next of Kin to come over and claim this money
because the bank can not release the money unless somebody applies for it,
as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in the banking and
financial policies, but fortunately we got this information that he was
a victim to this bombing suicide and none of his family know's about this
fun. no body come's over to claim this money yet.

After discovery that I and one of my colleagues in my department now decided
to make this business proposal to you so that you work together with me
as a foreigner for the bank to release this fun to you as the next of kin
or relation to this deceased man for safety and subsequent disbursement,since
nobody is coming for the fun and we don't want this money to go into the
Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund to this bank.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after Six years the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury
account as unclaimed fund. The Bank request for the nexst of kine to come
up . so as a foreigner you shall stand as next of kin into this business
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indigene
can not stand as next of kin to the deceased family, upon the conclusion
of this transaction.

We agreed that 20% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for
expenses that may incurre during this transaction,and 75 % will be for me
and my next colleague.
Thereafter, I and my colleague will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
To enable the immediate transfer of this fun to you as arranged above, you
must apply first to the Bank as the relation or next of kin to the deceased
indicating.

Your full Names...................
your private telephone ...........
fax number .............
Home Address...................
for easy and effective communication

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text
of the application. I Must tell you that this is favour from God the transation
is risk free and you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the Claim.

VERY IMPORTANT DO NOT LET MY BANK KNOW THAT I CONTACTED
YOU INTO THIS TRANSATION ....FOR MY JOB SAKE !!!!!

we shall invest our own share in your country to avoid peoples awareness
as we are civil servants here. With your acceptance and cooperation, we
shall conclude this transtion within seven working days. Please keep this
very confidential.
You can contact me on thesame E-MAIL address as soon as you receive this
letter.

my phone number 00228 993 36 26

May God be with you.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Timothy Villa

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