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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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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: "Patrick"<ptt556@myway.com>
Reply-To: patrick_pitton@libero.it
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:57:12 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re; REPLY




From: Dr. Patrick Pitton Bank International for Commerce and Industrie ( www.bicici.org ) BICICI BANK.



Subject: Transfer of US$16,020,000.00(Sixteen Million Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)I am writing to you to seek your co-operation in transfer of the above mentioned funds to a secured foreign bank account. I discovered US$16,020,000.00 (Sixteen Million Twenty Thousand United States Dollars Only) in dormant account that belonged to our foreign customer Mr. Simeone Lych Aguiar an investor in gold mining here in Ghana. Since past three years of Mr. Simeone Lych Aguiar 's death, nobody has come forward or applied for claim of these funds as either a business partner or relation.

It is therefore as a result of this development that I am seeking your co-operation to front you and transfer these funds to you as the business partner/next of kin to Mr. Simeone Lych Aguiar for subsequent disbursement between us on my arrival to your country.

Should you consider my proposal, you will be entitled to 25% of the total funds as your share, 5% will take care of any of your expense while 70% will be directed to my choice investments. On receipt of your mail to indicate your interest to work with me, I will advise you on what next to do immediately for swift transfer of these funds to your nominated bank account. Endeavor to send to me your private telephone number. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is risk-free because we are transferring these funds legally and considering also my position in the bank, the transfer will take maximum five bank working days upon formal submission on your behalf of an application letter of claim for an Irrevocable Standing Payment Order(ISPO) through an accredited financial attorney.



Waiting for your prompt response.Best regards,

Dr. Patrick Pitton

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