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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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Dennis Colea <denniscolea@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: deniscolea@gawab.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:35:58 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject:

PLEASE CONSIDER
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Originating-IP: 213.185.106.17

DEAR RESPECTED FRIEND,

I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH ACCESS BANK NIGERIA
PLC; MY NAME IS DR.

DENNIS COLEA, A BANKER. I AM THE ACCOUNTS OFFICER
TO ENGR. (ALBERT

STOLL) A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO IS A
CONTRCTOR WITH THE

DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS. HEREIN

AFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT ON THE 30TH
JANUARY, 2000,

MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE
INVOLVED IN THE

KENYAN AIRWAYS FLIGHT CRASH WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER
5Y-BEN

WHICH DEPARTED FROM NAIROBI TO DESTINATION LAGOS AND ALL THE

FAMILY DIED IN THIS FATAL AIR CRASH ON 30TH JANUARY 2000.

SINCE THEN,
I HAVE MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO

LOCATE ANY OF MY
CLIENT'S EXTENDED RELATIONS, THIS HAS PROVED

UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER
THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I

DECIDED TO TRACE THE 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 PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY

MY LATE CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET
CONFISCATED OR DECLARED

UNSERVICABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THIS HUGE
DEPOSIT WAS LODGED,

PARTICULARLY ACCESS BANK, WHERE THE DECEASED HAD
AN ACCOUNT

VALUED AT ABOUT (US$15 MILLION) HAS ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO
PROVIDE

THE NEXT OF KIN OR HAVE THE ACCOUNT CONFISCATED WITHIN THE
NEXT

TEN WORKING DAYS. SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING
THE

RELATIONS FOR OVER TWO YEARS, 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 (15

MILLION US
DOLLARS) CAN BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN, YOU AND I CAN

SHARE THE MONEY.
50% FOR YOU AND 50% TO ME AND ALL THE EXPENSES

WILL BE SHARED
EQUALLY. ALL I REQUIRE OF YOU 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 AND I FROM ANY BREACH OF
THE

LAW. I SINCERELY RECOMMEND YOU SEND YOUR PHONE NUMBER WHEN

RESPONDING TO ENABLE ME CALL AND GIVE YOU FURTHER EXPLANATION.

BEST
REGARDS,

DR. DENNIS COLEA

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