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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • brophyrichards001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Brophy Richards" <brophy_richards51@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brophyrichards001@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:31:14 +0000
Subject: I Need Your Assistance


Dear Friend,

My name is Brophy Richards ,I am the head of auditing and accounting section
of Metropolitan and Allied Bank Ghana West Africa.

With due respect and regard,I have decided to contact you on a business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end. I hereby
bring to your knowledge about records of unclaimed fund with total sum of
$17.5million US Dollars that i discovered during one of my routine
checks and record updatesbelonging to a famous siesmic Contractor and a
company owner with the name(Mr.William Barnes)who died in a plane crash in
October 31st 1999 on Egypt air enroute new york to cairo.

I also discovered that there was no records of next of kinship mentioned in
the ICP data folders by this deceased customer,you have the advantage to be
presented as the next of kin to this fund.

Since,this deceased person was a foreigner,which makes it very difficult
for an indigenous person to be presented to this claim,hence the reason why
i have contacted you our bank internal policy as relates to unclaimed
foreign dormant accounts demands that after a period of six years(6yrs)of
non
funtionability of such account,then it will be declared as unserviceable and
thereafter gets confiscated via the central bank to the government pulse.

All modalities including ration/percentage share will be discussed in our
next discuss.Note that i have all required information and documents that
would be needed to ensure success in this transcation so that you dont have
to worry on how to proof your heirship to the bank authorities.

You can confirm his death on the below stated website where you will see the
list of all passengers that were on board on that flight that day.You can
visit;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

I am waiting for your immediate and positive response as fast as possible to
my email address at:brophyrichards001@yahoo.com

Yours sincerely,

Dr Brophy Richards .

Auditing and Accounting Unit

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