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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • princejack002@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: PRINCE JACK <princejack002@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:26:48 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM MR JACK [AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT]


FROM JACK KUDUS,
AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A D B)
ACCRA GHANA.
EMAIL :princejack002@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Prince Jack, a staff of bills and exchange at the foreign
remittance Department of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A D B)
In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$24.5M) Twenty Four Million, Five hundred thousand United States Dollars only, in an account that belongs to Our Customer who died along with his entire family in 26th December 2003 in
a plane crash during their christmas holiday. Click bellow to view the plane crash chaotic scene

http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html Since
we got information about his death,the bank has been expecting his next
of kin to come over for the claims because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies as a next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines Unfortunately we discover that he did not
mention any beneficiary to his account before his sudden death.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to contact you, and
you having the same last name with him, it makes it easier for the
money to be released to you as the next of kin or relation to the decease
since nobody is fronting for the money and i do not want this funds to
go into disbursement account as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after four(4) years the money will be transferred into
the government account as unclaimed fund.We shall negotiate on the
percentage split of the funds as we proceed.

Therefore to enable immediate release of the inheritance to you as
arranged, you should contact me immediately via email for further
directives on how to go about actualizing the claim in your name. I look
forward to your immediate response.

Best regards

Mr. Jack kudus,

N/B: I know that this email will come to you as a surprise, considering
the fact that it is unsolicited. I quite understand your concern over
this matter considering the happenings all over the world, I want to
assure you that this is a 100% legitimate and risk free transaction.




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