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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: george john <george230john@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:33:43 +0100 (BST)
Subject: The Auditor/Head of Department


The Auditor/Head of Department
Union Bank Plc,
Lagos Nigeria.
Hello Sir
Please i got your contact through my private seach on internet.
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics.I will introduce myself as Mr George Benson, One of our
accounts with holding balance of $10.5,000.000 USD has been dormant
and has not been operated for the past 4 years.
iF you are intrested to stad with me to cliam this money to your
company
or private account .
I will remain as an inside that will monitor this deal
till the money finally credited to your nomited account.
Then i will come over to your country for disbursment.
From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account,
a foreignerby name ENGN A. died in July, 2000 and since then nobody
has done anything as regards the claiming of his money because he has
no family members who are aware of the existence of neither the
account nor the funds.
Also Information from the National Immigration states that he was also
single
on entry into Nigeria.I have secretly resolved to find a reliable
foreign
partner to deal with.
I thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin
to
effect the release of this fund after due process has been followed.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism
or any other illegal act.
On your indication of interest, please get back to me through my email
Do include your Full names,Residential Address, direct phone/fax
number so as to ease and anable prompt commumuication.
I will like to send to you my internation passport to you if you will
not
expose this deal.
For you to be sure of the person you are dealing with.
Regards,
Mr George Benson


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