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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ebele Marcpatrick" <ebelemarcpatrick@iwon.com>
Reply-To: ebelemarcpatrick_ng@keromail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 22:33:35 -0500 (EST)
Subject: EBELE & ASSOCIATES,


















EBELE &amp; ASSOCIATES,No.147 GARIKE F.C.T,ABUJA,NIGERIA27th feb 2007Good Day,I am Ebele Marcpatrrick, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney and Legal Representative to THOMAS BLISS, a national of your country , who used to work with N N P C,Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2006, my client, his wife and their only childwere involved in a car accident along Abuja/kaduna express way,Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since then, I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client in a Security Company.Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the two trunk boxes containing $20 Million (Twenty Million Dollars Only) does not know the
content of the two trunk boxes deposited with them. Consequently, the Security Company issued me a notice to provide the Next-of-Kin to claim the two trunk boxes in their custody within the next ten official working days because their duration of custody have long expired. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 1 year now, I seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased to claim the two trunk boxes since you are from the same country, so that the two trunk boxes can be delivered to you by the security company.Upon receipt of the two trunk boxes, I will come over to your country to meet with you for the disbursment of the fund, and then you and me can share the money. 70% to me and 30% to you. I have all necessary legal documents that can back up any claim we may make with the Security Company, including the picture of the boxes with me in my office. 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 await your early response. Please include your telephone number for soul to soul conversation.Yours faithfully,Ebele Marcpatrrick

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