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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.
• 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.
  • musa001002@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Musa Malik <musa0160_16@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <musa001002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 19:24:06 +0200
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU ON THIS??


FROM :AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC.
I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important business believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.This mail will definitely be coming to you as a surprise, but I must crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you.

I am Mr.Musa Malik,an Auditor General of one of the Prime Banks here in Nigeria. am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my Bank (MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who perished with his whole families on 25TH JULY, 2000. Since his death, I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds and our bank is ready to release to any foreigner who will come up as the next of Kin to Late MR. ANDREASSCHRANNER, my investigation proves that nobody know anything about this account. The total amount involved is $42,000,000.00 USD.

At the conclusion of the transfer 65% of the fund will be for us here, we would give you 30% of the total transfer sum, while the remaining 5% will be set aside to settle expenses both arties might incur during the transfer process.

Reply to my private email musa001002@yahoo.fr

I wait in anticipation of your co-operation in reply.

Your's sincerely, Mr.Musa Malik
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