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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • peterbryantc@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER BRYANT" <egongbada2@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:34:38 +0100
Subject: ESTATE INHERITANCE


* Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Peter Bryant, Senior Manager based and working in Europe,working in one

of the leading finance houses and I happen to have managed a particular
account
for Mr X [REAL NAME WITHELD],here in the United Kingdom, who died Intestate,
leaving in our care a sizable amount in a domiciliary United States Dollars
Investment
Account.

For some reason this client does not have an easily identifiable next of Kin
and
I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients
relatives;immediate and
extended,this has proved unsuccessful,hence I am contacting you "based on
the
fact that you have similar names".I need your assistance in securing the
money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable
by the Finance House.The Finance House has already issued a Government
Mandatory
formality notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated
and this
should expire within a month.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives for over two
years and
convinced that no one is coming up and satisfied the mandatory legal
requirement of
Beneficiary/next of kin Notification, I now seek a Reliable and Trustworthy
person,
with your consent and perfect understanding, to present you as the next of
kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account initially valued at Twenty One
Million,
Three Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars,interest not
inclusive, can
be paid into an account to be provided by you as the perceived Next Of Kin
Legally and
Otherwise.

All I require is your honest cooperation and confidence in me;which I know
would not
come easy.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
background that
will protect you from any breach of the law.I would advise that you give
this proposal
a positive consideration and get back to me asap.I'll be flexible and
considerate in
the percentage share that will be given to you for your assistance.

Upon receipt of your response we will exchange contact information so that
we can reach
each other for further discussions.

Please reach me on my private email for confidentiality:
peterbryantc@yahoo.com

Regards,
Peter Bryant
*

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