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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)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Dr.Rooney Davis <info_rdavis1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: info_rooney@msn.com
Date: 22 Feb 2007 03:49:59 -0300
Subject: Dear Friend

Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit


Dear friend,

Warm wishes for the New Year!

A very good day to you and how are you doing today?

I am a director and head of operations at the Capital Trust Securities
& Deposit Company a private security company here in the United Kingdom
. I have contacted you in search of a partner who can assist me in
receiving funds as a next of kin to a deceased client of my company who
was
a native of your country.

In mid 2002 our deceased client deposited in our custody a Trunk Box containing the sum of seven million three hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars ($7,350,000) as vital personal effects for safekeeping. As the operations director, he confided in me that there is an urgent investment requiring cash payment he needed to make.
Unfortunately, he passed away before he could come and claim the consignments after a brief illness. Since then we have tried in vain to locate any of his relatives to come forward for the claim.

The deceased client from all indications and nvestigations conducted by the company did notprovide a next of kin.

This venture is risk free and I am willing to use my position here to the maximum to ensure the release of the consignments to you as his next of kin. Also I will provide the necessary logistics to give us a legal backing and I am offering a share of 30% of theinheritance if you assist in securing the release of the funds.

I want you to NOTE that this is a straightforward transaction with no bureaucracy involved. All that I need from you is your consent to present you as the next of kin to our late client so that I can authorize the release of the Trunk Box to you. Thereafter, the Trunk will be shipped directly to your designated address through a Diplomatic Attaché as a non inspection consignment for onward deposit to your account.

Kindly get back to me if you are interested and send me the following details for the actualization of this venture for us both.

1. Your full names
2. Address
3. Phone number

I will also advise that you keep this personal as possible.

I await your positive response.

Regards,

Dr. Rooney Davis

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