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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:
  • "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: "Joshua Adiroke" <adiroke3@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: j.adiroke@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:18:28 +0000
Subject: Important

Good day to you,

I am Mr. Joshua Adiroke, head of Auditing, Benop Bank in Rep. of Benin. On
Wednesday 19 April,2000 one Mr. Heinz Thomann, German National, a property
magnate, whom I was his accounting officer made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit, valued at $9,600,000.00(Nine Million, six Hundred Thousand United
states dollars)for twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch.

Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
that Mr.Heinz Thomann, his wife and only daughter was aboard the AF4590
plane, which crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo.
You can read more about the crash on visiting this site

http://www.space.com/news/concorde_update_000726.html

My investigation proved that he died with his supposed next of kin in the
crash. The total sum, $9,600,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one
will ever come forward to claim it.

Upon acceptance of this proposal, I will give you detailed Information on
how this deal would be carried out.
Eighty 80 percent of the money for me, twenty percent 20 for you.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the
Bank's head of Auditors and his accounting officer to secure approvals and
guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

On your reply either to my alternative email (j.adiroke@tiscali.it), please
include your;

(a)Private telephone/fax number.
(b)Your full name
(c)Your full address

Best regards,
Mr. Joshua Adiroke.

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