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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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MISS MARIAM" <missmariam38@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: missmariam37@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:53:48 +0000
Subject: My good friend

FROM THE DESK:
MISS MARIAM ALIU
REMITTANCE MANAGER
ZENITH BANK PLC

Dear friend,

I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you this mail,if the contents does
not meet with your personal and business ethics,I appologise in advance.I
amMISS MARIAM ALIU Remmittance manager Zenith Bank Plc.

And on the 4rd of April 2000, a customer,and his family were perished in a
ghostly car accident along express way.But the customer made a fixed
dopsit valued at (USD$10.5M) , and upon the maturity this bank started
contacting him but no response. Conseqently, the bank issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated after one
years from
now, as the law of this bank says. Since then I have made several enquiries
to your Embassy to locate any of the customer extended relatives, this has
also proved unsuccessful.

Since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over some years
now, that is why i seek for your consent to present you as the next of kin
of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10.5 can be
paid to you then we share the money together.

It was agreed upon that some part of the money will be used for importation
of your company products while the remamining one will be invested in your
country through your help.

Therefor i needed this informations for the investment purpose:
1.NAME AND ADDRESS OF YOUR COMPANY.
2.YOUR COMPANY PRODUCT LIST.

I willingly to offer you upon negotiation an agreable percentage of the
total sum and the profits accuring from the invstement.I know that you might
be wonder why i have decided to trust you with this huge sum, i could have
do the business alone but there is no way i can succeed without a foreign
hand,that is why i seek for your assistance so we can share the benefit
together. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
the claim on your behalf. All I require 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 from
any breach of the law.

Best Regards,

MISS MARIAM ALIU
REMITTANCE MANAGER
ZENITH BANK PLC

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