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

Fraud email example:

From: william01@microcamp.com.br
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:12:43 -0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY:




Dear Friend,     I am William Coker, Company Secretary &
Legal Adviser in charge of Bills and Foreign Exchange Remittance Department
of NATIONAL Bank Limited; We are conducting a standard process to upgrade our
firm to the world Standard banking system and in that process discovered an
unclaimed sum of $11.5 Million (eleven million five hundred thousand united
states dollars) in an account belonging to our foreign client  Mr
Anderson who was a customer to my bank and  who passed away (died) years
back.





Our bank had made frantic efforts to locate either of his relatives but the
result was void. As his Accounting officer before his death,I have been
given the mandate to locate and present to the bank, his next of kin or any
member of his family for onward claim of the said deposit and I have
conducted numerous searches to see that I locate a member of his family but
all to no avail hence I am contacting you.





I therefore want to present you as Mr Anderson's next of Kin or Successor
over his deposit with our firm. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating
the money and property left behind by this client before they get
confisticated by the federal Government after being declared unserviceable





I have chosen to contact you today owing to the level of urgency and
confidentiality required in the transaction,So please, as a matter of
urgency, send to me your TELEPHONE,FAX NUMBERS and CURRENT/REGULAR ADDRESS
for effective communication.





I will do my best to see that we conclude this transaction successfully on
time. Please if you are interested, send me an immediate mail preferably to;
williamcoker2007@earthlink.net  so that I can give the details to you to
understand everything about this business.





Waiting to hear from you promptly.Thanks.Your's
faithfully,W.Coker.  
williamcoker2007@earthlink.net   


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Microcamp

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