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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 sum of money" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "operational" <ope_ration121@excite.com>
Reply-To: in_fo1@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:48:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: HELLO


RE: TRANSFER OF FundI humbly wish to seek your assistance in this matter, which is very important and needs trust and understanding.I am Mr Vincent Igo, operational manager in the account management section in charge of credit and foreign bills in all the branches of a prime bank here in my country .The bank Manager of one of our branches reveal to me that he discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a huge sum of money as balance during a routine auditing inspection which came up as a result of the latest monetary policies reform.With this development, I went for further discreet investigation to discover that the account holder has died long ago with his family in an accident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other person knows about this account.I am certainly sure that he has no written or oral WILL attached to the account, no beneficiary and nobody will come again for the claim of this money. In this condition ,we have decided to transfer the fund to any
liable partner overseas.I am working with the bank manager of that branch, and he is willing to approve the transfer of the fund to any reliable and trustworthy foreigner with foreign bank account. It is only a foreigner that can claim this money with legal claims. Therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction. All arrangements to ensure a smooth transfer of the fund is already in place. It is in our wish that at the conclusion of this transaction, the bank manager and I will fly to meet with you for sharing and investment according to the agreed percentages. I will disclose to you the stated amount,all information related to this transfer and the condition of sharing as soon as I hear from you. Note that the decision to transfer this fund was made under certainty, thus the outcome is success. Best Regards, Vincent Igo

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