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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:
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: sch ool <sch_ool04@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:57:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello


DIRECTOR,AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
ECO-BANK LOME-TOGO.

Dear ,

I am Mr.Paul Timothy, Director and Chief of Accountant for the Bills and Credits in the Foreign Remittance Department section of ECO BANK.Lome-Togo in West Africa.

I got your contact through an international web directory while I was searching for a reliable and trustwordthy person who can not betray me, because I have been praying to my God to direct me to the rightful person to entrust this fund to.

There was one of our client Mr.JOHN VOELKER,He died on 1999 October in a plane crash which also claimed the life of his only child, Who untill death was the next of kin to the fathers money in our bank ECO-BANK.

I am the only director that knows his bank's information, because he use to be my good friend when he was alive,and I am the only person who was aware that this client and his son(next of kin)is dead.
He left at about (US$5.5Million) in his account. At this juncture I want to transfer this US$5.5Million into the account you wish to nominate. I will do the paper work here claiming that you are the next of kin to this client, and that you want to transfer the sum into your account abroad.

The service of an Attorney will be need to seal everything and to change the data and information in his file so as to enable us transfer it swiftly. If we employ the service of a highly Accredited Lawyer that means it will take us only 7 to 10 working days to transfer this money into your nominated account.

He will arrange for the affidavit of support from Ministry of Justice claiming that you are the right beneficiary of this fund. I will give you 30% of the total sum of the US$5.5Million for assisting me. The transaction is 100% free risk .

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Paul Timothy.

N.B: PLEASE FORWARD TO ME YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCASE I NEED URGENT CONVERSATION WITH YOU




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