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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:
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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.

Fraud email example:

From: David Lancer <davidlancer8@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: ddavidlancer1000@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 20:55:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: HELLO


Greetings,

I guess this letter might come to you as a surprise since I had no previous correspondence with you, But with due respect I got your contact from the international directory in my research for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to assist me in handling a very confidential business transaction involving the transfer of US57 million dollars into a safe and secure account. The above fund is not connected with arms, drugs or Money laundering;neither is it related to any terrorist sponsor of any sort.

I am David Lancer,i work at the Auditing and Accounting department of a prime bank in U.K.In my department,i discovered an abandoned sum of US$57 Million dollars (Fifty Seven million dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers(John Shumejda) who died in a plan crash on 4th January 2002. You can view this CNN site for more details.

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/

Hence the dormant nature of His account and without any traceable next of kin. Now, If i do not remit this money out urgently,the account will be confisicated and the funds will be re-channeled into the government purse.though I have tried to contact any of the relatives but to no avail.

All i need from you is to stand as the next of kin to my late client which i will present you and to provide either an existing bank account or set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this fund or you help to seek an honest and reliable businessman who can assist us. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this fund cannot be approved for a local account here and I am not supposed to be in possession of such amount of dollars,but the fund can only be approved to any foreigner whom i present as the beneficiary.

I will use my position in the Bank to do all the underground work and hasten the approval and release of the funds in your favour.I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the funds in your account and ask me to come over to your country for our subsequent sharing of the fund according by percentages. This transaction will only take us 14 Banking days to finalize.So do not border as all modalities has been mapped out to achieve success and this is my 25 yrs in the banking industry.

At the successful complition of the transaction,You shall be compensated with 25% of the money for standing in as the beneficiary of the funds and 70% to me the originator of the transaction and 5% will be mapedout for every expenses incured during this transaction by both parties.

I suggest we meet face to face to get acquainted,so that you can also see every thing yourself,as the fund in question is a large one.I need your full co-operation to make this work fine, as I will use my office to see that the transaction is hitch free and will destroy entire documents relating to the transaction once we conclude the transaction. Please, you have been adviced to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire after we conclude this deal.

Further details about this transaction will be discussed in the subsequent correspondence.Do get back to me with your telephone number for effective communications.

I look forward to your earliest reply.

Best regards,

Mr David Lancer

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