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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:
  • "million us 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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031818010 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Koinrega Jeffrey" <koinrega06@excite.com>
Reply-To: koinrega@mail.az
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 06:38:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE


Greetings,Good Day, I am extremely happy to write you this letter. Please, pardon me for invading your privacy but I do really need your help! So be patient and read through to the end of my message. I am Mr. Kionrega Jeffrey L. I am the Director, Auditing and Accounting Section / Chairman of Investigating Department of Habib Bank,London,UK. My department came across the sum of $31.4 million US Dollars (Thirty-one million,four hundred thousand United State Dollars only) belonging to one Deceased Mr. Late Mr. Scott Hordson, 54 years, of United States of America who died in a plane crashed near the city of Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela.He is an American who is an Oil Servicing Engineer working with Exxon Mobil Plc,and a resident of New-York, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Rutaca airlines flight 224, which crashed Thursday, 25 January, 2001, including his wife and entire family.You can read about this crash on:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1137512.stmhttp://english.people.com.cn/english/200101/26/eng20010126_61215.html The fund has been dormant in his account With the above bank without any claim of the funds either from his family or relation.The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for seven years, it will be for forfeited to the Bank treasury/Governement bags as an unclaimed bill.It is only a foreigner that can stand as a next of kin and It is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you to collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund. Inorder to avert this negative development,I am seeking your permission to have you stand in as next of kin to Our late Customer so that the fund will be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's next of kin now that the bank is still expecting a next of kin or relative of the deceased ,Late Mr. Scott Hordson.I am confiding in you in this business believing that you will not let me
down either now or in future thus requesting that you furnish me with your Bank Account Details (even an empty / red account)will serve provided it is an existing Bank Account.Meanwhile, as the Director of Auditing and Accounting, I am in possession of all the relevant documents needed to effect the transfer of this money into your Account as the beneficiary without any further delay since nobody will come for claims as the next of kin and this money cannot be approved to any person locally because the owner is a foreigner and I do not know any foreigner that is why I am contacting you and the person needs to have a valid international foreign passport or Drivers License and Foreign A/C because the money is in US Dollars and can only be approved into a foreign A/C.To this end, you should furnish me with the aforementioned information, phone and fax number. At every phase of the transfer, you will be entitled 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me and my colleague!
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while 5% will be used in offseting expenses that will be incured during the transaction. We will use our good office as insiders to make sure that the fund is transferred into your account in record time through our Affiliate Bank with our proper under ground work immediately you apply. I will send you the Text of Preliminary Application for Funds Transfer which you will fill and send direct to the International Pay/Remittance Department of this bank while we follow it up.You should not have any element of fear because this deal is risk free and we are there to perfect plans. This transaction will bring us joy, long life and prosperity. My phone number is +447031818010 Send your reply to: koinrega@mail.azAccept the assurance of my regards.Reply urgently.Koinrega Jeffrey

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