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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • r_nero84@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Randy .C. Nero"<c404@myway.com>
Reply-To: r_nero84@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:12:37 -0500 (EST)
Subject: From The Desk Of R.Nero.




Citibank House, 336 Strand, London WC2R 1HB,UnitedKingdon, London.

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Dear Freind,

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treatit serious. I am Randy .P. Nero ,a banker with the Citibank House, 336 Strand,London WC2R 1HB, United Kingdon, London. I am the Accounts officer late Mr. Robert Chapman the African AreaDirector of SIL International, who unfortunately died inthe crash of Kenya Airways Flight 431 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January30 2000.

You will read more stories about the crash on visitingthis website,news.airwise.com/airlines/archive/2000/kenya2000.htmland also in this website, where Chapman's company talked about hisdeath in the Kenya crash.You shall as well find the pictures of Chapman and his wife there.Mr.Chapman was from Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Since the deathof Chapman, I as his accounts officer in thebank, have made several enquiries to locate his only surviving relation, without any success.I cameacross your name and contact, onthe course of my personal searching for Chapman's relations,so I decided to contact you for this project. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left behind in a fixed deposit account by Robert,before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank. The board of my bank,has issued a notice that after 2 months from now and no next of kin shown up for the claim,the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable.

Since I and my team have been unsuccessful in locating Robert's relatives for sometime now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceed of this deposit valued at $USD19.5 Million Dollars can be released to you.

The bank will release the funds to any foreigner who has all related information/documents to the bankaccount. I am in charge of this matter in my bank,because I am his accounts officer. Your application will be directed to my department for verification and approval. Everything is under my control. I shall provide you all the information and copy of the certificate of deposit issued to Robert when he deposited the funds.I shall also involve agood attorney who shall represent you in all the appropriate offices for the claim.Please, find in the attachment my work ID Card. This is just to proof to you that my proposal is genuine. I also have all necessary information we need for the claim and once the money is transferred to you, I shall destroy all the documents used for the claim and leave no traces.

After everything, you shall have 40% of the total sum,while 60% for me. All requires is your honestcooperation to enable us see this business successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Robert was a very good man and it is not wise to allow his hard earned wealth to bestolen by the greedy directors of my bank.

Further details awaits your response by email.PLEASE,TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.Please,confirm the receipt of my Id Card in theattachment, as it was difficultto attach.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my private email : r_nero84@yahoo.co.uk



Best Regards .

Randy .P. Nero

Citibank House, 336 Strand, London WC2R 1HB,UnitedKingdon, London.

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