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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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • jerry_gh4@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jerry nana" <j_gh2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:39:59 +0000
Subject: international Trust House Proposal for an investment

ATTN.
Dear Good Friend.
My Name is Mr.JERRY NANA a credit officer with (International Trust
House)here in REPUBLIC OF GHANA. In my department i discovered an abandoned
sum of US$20M dollars (Twenty Million US dollars) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich,
Germany)who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.
Below is a website which i will apprecaite you go through to read the
information. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm Since then I
have made several enquiries to locate any of the above mentioned person
extended relatives, this has also proved abortive.
Now the reason while of contacting you is base on trust to enable me present
you as the next of kin so that this fund will be released to you as the next
of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody as come for claiming of the fund and note it will be very easy
to convince the bank since I have the necessary legalised documents that
backup the fund and which will present you the rightful next of kin to the
deceased customer. I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after Five years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an Indigen here cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner.

All I require is your honest co-operation 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. I agree that
30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn
account , 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
business,another 5% to help the less previlage and to assist the charity
organisations here in Africa and abroad while the rest 60% would be for me
Thereafter,
I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage
indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you
arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the
deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number,your private
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
where in the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send
to you by fax or email the text of the application .
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately on this mailbox for more detailed
discussion.
EMAIL me at( jerry_gh4@yahoo.com)..
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.JERRY NANA.

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