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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • frankkelly70@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: derek amingo <derekamingo@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:25:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


FROM THE DESK OF DEREK AMINGO

Dear Friend,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction;this is by virture of its nature as being CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive but I am assuring that all will be well at the end of the day,I am Mr.Derek Amingo,a senior accountant with one of the big financial firms here in London,UK.
On Monday 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK, my client Kurt Kahle, 51, died in the crash with his 37-year-old wife and son Michael, aged eight. Mr Kahle ran a private business school,They were all victims of the AF4590 Plane crash which occured On Monday 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK.

PLEASE FIND MORE DETAILS IN THE WEBSITE BELOW:
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)

Unfortunately, my client and his entire family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track any trust and honest person that can stand as the next of kin and have his remaining transfered to him/her After which we can then discuss on the sharing ratio in favour of the both of us ,Before his death and uptil date i was his account officer here in europe Were he owned chains of property investment firms.
My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the fund left behind by my client prior to his death before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank,where this huge deposit were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at about US$10.4 million.
The company had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin,As the account officer or have the account confiscated within the next 25 official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for this long, now I seek your consent as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$4.4 million can be paid to you.

All documents to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. This proposal is 100% risk-free and also a legal one. We have agreed that the fund be shared thus,after it must have been transferred into your account.

Please get back to me through this email for security reasons and for further discussion.(frankkelly70@yahoo.com)

Best regards,

MR DEREK AMINGO



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