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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • ibtc_personnel@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Mathew Lartey. Personnel manager.Chartered Bank Nig Plc."
<ibtc_personnel2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibtc_personnel@excite.com
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:09:47 +0000
Subject: Hello. { Tibor } Confirm receipt asap.

The.
Personnel manager
Mr.Mathew Lartey.
ibtc_personnel@excite.com
Chartered Bank Nig Plc.
www.ibtc.com.


Dear. Tibor

I am Mr.Mathew Lartey.a Personnel manager and head of Risk
Management/Compliance Department Officer. We are conducting a standard
process investigation on behalf of our firm. The International Banking
conglomerate to reach either the relations or anyone capable of standing as
the next of kin to late { Mr.Anderson Tibor } a Nationality of your country
with and also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client
at Fed Rep of Nig.with the Private Banking arm of Chartered Bank Of Nigeria
Plc.

This Private Banking client { Mr.Anderson Tibor } died intestate and
nominated no successor in title over the money left with the bank.Hence i
decided to trace his family with his last name over the Internet, to locate
any member of his family hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by this client
before they get confisticated by the Politicians or the State Government
after Being declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were
lodged.

It is pertinent that you inform me ASAP if you are interested and capable in
this context.You must appreciate that i have constrained from providing you
with more detailed information at this point, Please respond to this mail as
soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to proceed to the formalities
as soon as possibe.

Awaiting your earliest response.

Sincerely.

Mathew Lartey
ibtc_personnel@excite.com


NOTE:
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disclosure,copying,or distribution of this message,or the taking of any
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