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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:
  • "share the funds upon agreed terms" (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.
  • emailkevkroc@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "kevin kroc" <kevin_kroc2@iwon.com>
Reply-To: kevkroc@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:19:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From Kevin Kroc.


C/o: Kevin Kroc (Esq.)237 Nelson Road,Whitton,Twickenham,TW2 7BBLondon,United Kingdom Dear Sir, Compliments of the day to you.I must solicit your confidentiality andassure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Mr.Kevin Kroc (Esq.), a legal practitioner.My client,late Prof .Morris Yert was killed with his entire family in a fatal accident,sparing none of their lives, some years ago.Before his death, I assisted him in the deposit of some funds with aSecurity Company for safekeeping. The funds have remained unclaimed since his death, and such unclaimed funds are appropriated and returned to the treasury as a matter of policy. Considering the lack of success in my bid to locate any of his relatives for over a year now, I hereby solicit your consent to enable me present you as the Next of Kin to my deceased client. I am contacting you so that the Security Company does not deserve to inherit the funds. Thesereasons led to my
resolve to claim the funds, which was why I contacted you.With your permission, I will proceed to establish you as the next ofkin/Beneficiary to my late client. As soon as this is done, you will then give instructions to the Security Company, to transfer the deposited funds into another account you will provide, after which we shall then share the funds upon agreed terms. When I receive your response, I will provide you with further details.I await your reply,Regards,Kevin Kroc Esqplease respond via my private emailkevkroc@hotmail.com

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