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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:
  • "top of the day to you" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: John Emerah <john_emerahgh666@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <john_emerahgh666@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 12:15:07 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME!!!


Lieber Freund, Oberseite des Tages zu dir. Mich crave lassen deine Nachsicht, um sich vorzustellen zu dir bin ich Stab Herrn John Emerah von einer der führenden Bänke innen Ghana. Ich wünsche für deine Unterstützung erbitten zu helfen, zu empfangen Erbschaftsumme passend für Anspruch bis einen unserer späten Kunden, Herrn David Thompson, starb er im Automobilunfall mit Mitgliedern seiner Familie. Ich geschehe, der interne Residentkontrolleur in der Niederlassung zu sein in der er legte die Gesamtsumme von $3.7Million usd auf dem 6. von Juni 2002 nieder. Es wurde von seinem persönlichen Rechtsanwalt entdeckt, den er nicht innen angab seins WILLEN jedes folgende der Stämme, um dieses Kapital zu behaupten, wir haben gesendet Programm Mitteilung zu seiner Nachsendeadresse und entdeckt, daß er nicht jedermann haben, zum dieses zu behaupten Kapital. Es ist sehr unklug, Frucht dieses Mannes der Arbeit in die falschen Hände einsteigen zu lassen, weil niemand vorwärts gekommen ist, die Kapital zu behaupten. So ist mein Antrag zu dir, zu stehen, wie sein folgend von den Stämmen, um zu behaupten Kapital, sein persönlicher Rechtsanwalt hat Sachen ausgearbeitet und ich bin zu bereit dich mit notwendigen Informationen versorgen, welche die Bank hier von verlangt du während des Prozesses dieser Verhandlung. Bitte, wenn du bereit bist zu unterstützen, wünsche ich dich mich mit versorgen deine Einzelheiten, damit mir ermöglichen, dir weitere zu spezifizieren. Bitte, du mußt eine ehrliche und verläßliche Person sein. Mit mir für mehr bitte in Verbindung treten Informationen mit den unten Informationen heraus gefüllt. NAME: ............................. POSTADRESSE: ................... ALTER: .............................. STATUS: ............................ STATE/COUNTRY: ..................... TEL/FAX ZAHLEN: ................... ZELLE TELEFON: ........................ FIRMENNAMEN: ..................... BESETZUNG: ....................... Ich freue, mit dir zu arbeiten. Respekt, Herr John Emerah.





Dear Friend,

Top of the day to you. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself
to you, I am Mr. John Emerah staff of one of the leading banks in
Ghana. I will want to solicit for your assistance to help receive an
inheritance sum due for claim to one of our late customers, Mr. David
Thompson, He died in automobile accident with members of his family.
I happen to be the Resident internal controller in the branch where he
deposited the total sum of $3.7Million usd on the 6th of June 2002.
It was discovered from his personal attorney that he did not state in
his WILL any next of kin to claim this funds, we have sent routine
notification to his forwarding address and discovered that he does not
have anyone to claim this funds. It is very unwise to allow this man's fruit of labour to go into the wrong hands because no one has come forward to claim the funds.

Thus my proposal to you is to stand as his next of kin to claim the
funds, his personal attorney has worked things out and i am willing to
furnish you with necessary information the bank here will demand from
you during the process of this transaction.

Please if you are willing to assist, I will want you to furnish me with
your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details. Please,
you have to be an honest and trusted person. Please contact me for more
information with the below informations filled out.

NAME: .............................
MAILING ADDRESS:...................
AGE: ..............................
STATUS:............................
STATE/COUNTRY:.....................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS:...................
CELL PHONE:........................
COMPANY NAME: .....................
OCCUPATION: .......................
I look forward to working with you.

Regards,
Mr. John Emerah.
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