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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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "sabastine chukwu" <sabuuk@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sabchch@yahoo.dk
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:59:07 +0000
Subject: I NEED IMMEDIATE REPLY( HELP ME PLS )

My dear friend,

I am making this contact with you in good faith also as a friend. I got your
mail address from the Foreign Department in our Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Office.I am working with the United Bank For Africa ( UBA ),Apapa Branch
Lagos.

My purpose of writing you is to ask for your assistance to provide your bank
account where we can successfully secure the sum of $27.5 million
(Twenty-seven million five hundred thousand united states dollars). For your
information,there is one Japanese business merchant based here in Nigeria
and his name is Mr.Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of kuzito fisheries Nig.
Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Oshodi expressway, Isolo here in
Lagos , now have been taken over by Government of Nigeria because nobody
came for this company after the
death of Mr. toshio.

This man died in a plane crash in 1999 together with his wife here in
Nigeria.He was banking with my bank and I m his accounting officer.However,
since the death of Mr. Toshio, I have been trying to contact any of his
relative in the city of Osaka, his home country Japan through his address
with me, to let his people know about his money in our bank but I did not
receive any response.I later remembered that Mr. Toshio came to my country
out of shame he was receiving from his country because he was impotent.This
secret he revealed to me when he was alive because I pestered him
to introduce his children to me. Now I have decided to link anybody to stand
as Mr.Toshio next of kin in order to claim the money he deposited here as
Fixed Solid Investment since nobody knew about it.Government of my country
will pay it to Federal Reserve if I should declare to them about this fund.
Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction,as I will give you
all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking relationship
with my bank to enable you stand as his next of kin to receive this money in
your account.

This transaction will go through normal banking process only that you have
to stand firm as the next of kin to Mr. Toshio just to claim this money.I
will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if you
are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me,contact me
immediately I will require all your contact informations from you for
procession of the fund in your favour. I personally need your home address
because I do not know you too well before now only that I decided to work
with you on trust believing Allah that you will not cheat on me. Note that
we can conclude this transaction within 2 weeks upon your compliance in
applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you.

I will give you $3million Dollars after we conclude this transaction. Be
duly informed that I will be resigning from this banking work to come over
to your country after the transfer of this fund to your account. I will then
engage myself in international business since I will have enough money for
any kind of business after this transaction. You need not to be afraid
because in as much as I would want my reputation protected, I would also
want yours to also be protected.

I am waiting for your urgent response.

Best regards,
Sabastine Chukwu .(Operations Manager)

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