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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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: "davidsmith09@terra.es" <davidsmith09@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:20:09 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Attention Leigh.



Dear Friend,

My name is David Smith and I work with a Bank here in London-England,
The name of the bank is Credit Suisse Banking Group. We had a Mr. Allen
Leigh, customer that had a deposit of US$12.5M Twelve Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) before he died in a plane crash
with his wife and only Child about 6years now (January 30, 2000) and
since his death, we in the Bank here have been expecting his/her next
of kin/relative(s) for the inheritance of the deposit, but none has
surfaced.

The policy of the Bank however stipulates a limited time period for
such inheritance to be made or the fund will be written off going by
the record of the incident, the time limit for the claim is closing up.
In this consideration, I am contacting you to seek for your kind
understanding and sincerely co-operation to claim this inheritance for
our mutual benefit.


If you can stand as the next of kin in this project, success is
assured because I am in possession of the personal file jacket of the
deceased which contains every needed information about the account and
the deceased and you and I stand no risk of any kind because I have
enough information to support you in claiming the inheritance.

The proceedings of the transaction will be shared 50% each after
expenses are reimbursed. Kindly indicate your willingness through the
alternative email address provided and we shall proceed with the
initial step for the claim. The entire project is expected to last for
about ten working days.

Best Regards,
David Smith






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