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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:
  • "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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard smith" <smith_rich1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: smithrichard01@myway.com
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:42:55 +0100
Subject: For Your Attention

FROM:DESK OF MR SMITH RICHARD.
ADDRESS: NO 10 SMITH LAYOUT IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA.


Hello ,
I am an Account Officer ,My name is Smith Richard,a Banker. I am the
personal
Account Manager to Engineer WILLIAMS,National of your country, who
used to work with an Oil servicing Firm in Nigeria. Here in after shall be
referred to as my client On April 21, 2002 my client, was involved in a car
accident All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since
then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
client's extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace 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 my client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,

particularly . Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($17.5
million
us dollars) has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin Or have the
account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now,
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased so that this account valued at ($17 .5 million us dollars) can be
paid
to you .

The sharing modality is till open and negociatable. An attorney will be
contracted to help revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by
my
email.

Regards
SMITH RICHARD

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