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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Aya Wuchi" <ayawuchi1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ayawuchi@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 19:39:57 +0100
Subject: Please Read

Dear Friend,

I am an Account Officer with Union Bank Plc ,My name is Aya Wuchichi ,a
Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to (Engineer. Peter Ramos) who was
an expert rate contractor with Oil servicing Firm here in Nigeria when he
was still alive. Here in after shall be referred to as my client, my client
passed on as a result of a heart attack. Since then I have made several
inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended Relatives,
this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace over the
Internet, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,
that is the Union Bank Plc . The amount the deceased had in the fixed
deposit account is valued at about ($6 Million US Dollars).

The bank has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin Or have the
account confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
so that this account valued at ($ 6 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you,
after which me and you will share the money. The sharing modality is still
open and negotiable. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this business through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you, from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me by my email and for more details regarding to
this transaction.

Yours Faithfully,
Aya Wuchichi.

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