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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: abassy abassy <abassyabassy_10@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: abassy_abassy@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:35:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANT NEEDED


FORM THE DESK OF DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN REMMITANCE WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA,PLC

DEAR SIR

I AM DR ABAS

Director of Operation Foreign Remmitance with the Union Bank of Nigeria,Plc. I am writing this letter to ask for your assistance and co-operation to carry out this business. In my department we discovered abandoned sum of $16.4m (sixteen million, four hundred thousand united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers an American late Engineer and an oil merchant with the Federal Government of Nigeria Late Eng. John Creek (Junior)who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children in Kenya Air Bus (A310-300) flight Kq430in November 1997.Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claims for his money as the heir because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guide lines. Unfortunately, neither his family member nor distant relative has applied to claim the said fund. Upon This discovery,
I and others officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the Total amount to you via a security company.We decided to make this business with you because no persons have come for the claim of the fund and we want to avoid it from being returned to our Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.The terms of sharing can only be discussed if you indicate your willingness in assisting us.Anticipating hearing from you via.Contact my email address: for more details.Your reply is urgently needed.

Yours Faithfully

DR ABASSY




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