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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "frank thompson" <fk_thomp39@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frankthompson@uk2.net
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:49:01 +0000
Subject: DEAR KRIDER.

Frank Thompson.
12,Kofi Anam Road,
Accra-Ghana.

Dear Krider,

I am Frank Thompson, the Personal Driver to late Mr. Roger Krider , a
foreigner, who used to work with Jange Chemical Development Company in Ghana
On the 16th of February 1998, my Master,his wife and their two children were
involved in a plane crash in taiwan which involved the death of Mr. Sheu
Yuan-dong, governor of Taiwan's Central Bank, his wife and only daughter
with other four other finance officials returning from a conference in Bali
Died in a plane crash in Taiwan,Some passengers on board died of which my
Master and his family was one of the victim.Here you can confirm from this
website below www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my Master'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.I
have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$13 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated, since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the
the relatives for over 7 years now I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased since your a foreigner and the same so that the
proceeds of this account valued at US$13 million can be paid to you and then
you and me can share the money. 40% to me and 55% to you,while 5% should be
for expenses incurred or tax as your government may require. I have to work
on the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we
may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this dealt
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
urgent response.

Best regards,

Frank Thompson.

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