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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348077446495 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • accountantjamesbruce@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "acctjamesbruce099" <acctjamesbruce099@interfel.com.br>
Reply-To: accountantjamesbruce@yahoo.it
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:33:02 -0200
Subject: READ AND REPLY IMMEDIATELY

READ AND REPLY IMMEDIATELY
HELLO,

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL IN RESPECT OF ENGINEER MANOUCHER A. AHMAD

THIS HAS TO BE BETWEEN WE BOTH AND NO ONE ELSE KNOWING FULLY WELL
THIS HAS TO DO WITH ALOT OF MONEY.

I NEED YOUR URGENT CONSENT ON THIS TRANSACTION

I am a accounting officer with Intercontinental trust Bank Plc,My name is Mr.JAMES BRUCE, I need you to use your possition to assist me here, I am a Personal Accountant to a Late and vital client who banked with our bank, a citizen of argentina, who  worked with Chevron oil producing company.  as my client. On the fourth of may 2002, my Client, his wife and their three children were involved in a drastic plane crash.

for verification- visit the following BBC WORLD NEWS WEB PAGES.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm

http://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020504-1

Unfortunately him and his three kids lost their lives immediately in the event of the accident, while the wife was taken to the hospital where she died three days later.Their bodies were kept in the mortuary for five months, in order for the authorities, to carry out proper investigation on how to locate their surviving relatives. They have checked all available public files and embassies, but all their efforts had proved abortive.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, no one has been coming for his account that he deposited with my bank. And due to the banking law and regulation of 1985, sub section 18d page 103 chapter 11 of constitution governing all banking policy , and in accordance to the banking decree 003 sub section 45 which stated that any deposited fund which remains unclaimed after the existing period of four years will be confiscated by the national treasury department as unclaimed fund. And this has brought too much agitation in our bank between boards of directors on how to declare this account unserviceable, base to the fact that the deceased has no next of kin. After the meeting held by the executives of intercontinental bank with the personal attorney to late ENGINEER MANOUCHER A. AHMAD on 29th of April 2005, they have all agreed to extend the date to 30th june 2007.

Consequently to this, I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they Get them confiscated or declare unserviceable by intercontinental bank Plc Where the deceased have an account Valued at about ($6.8, million us dollars).The bank has issued out a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated with in the next few weeks. Since no one has been able to locate their relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that this accountvalued at ($6.8 million usdollars) can be paid to you and then you and I Can share the money. All the necessary documents concerning this claim are with the Bank legal department. All I require is your honest  cooperation to enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legal arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.

provide me with the following information so i could know who i am dealing with.

Full Name-
Occupation-
Ntionality-
Mobile/phone number-
Age-
Sex-

YOU CAN GIVE ME A  VIBRANT PHONE CALL FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ON THIS TRANSACTION +2348077446495

With these available details I will be able to file an application of claim in your name for you to send to the bank for verification.

YOU MUST REPLY TO MY PRIVATE ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT I CAN GET

BACK TO YOU - accountantjamesbruce@yahoo.it

Yours faithfully

Mr. JAMES BRUCE

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