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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • odun4eva2002@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: odun4eva2002@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:39:29 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY

Dear,

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.Christian W.Frederick, and work with a bank (one of the African leading banks in the West Coast).However I got your contact through the International web directory. During our cent investigation,reconciliation and auditing of the bank's account my department discovered a dormant account with a huge amount of Money Valued 10,600,000.00 (TEN Million, six hundred thousand,Pounds Sterling Only) that belongs to One of our late Customer MR.Robert J. Lancaster, from Beverwijk,Netherlands,who died with his family in a plane crash one years ago. So the fund has been dormant in his account with my Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his Family or relation before Our discovery to this development.

It is only a foreigner that can stand as a next of kin and it is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you to collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund.In order to avert this negative development. On behalf of my trusted colleagues we now seek your permission to have you stand in as next of kin to Our late Customer so that the fund will
be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary?s next of kin now that the bank is still expecting a next of kin or relative of the deceased,MR.Robert J. Lancaster.

I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as civil servants, we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and that would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer since i still work in this bank,this is the actual reason why i required a second party or fellow who will work with me forward claims as the next of kin and also provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this fund, even an empty a/c can also serve for this purpose.

However, on smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total fund, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses on both sides that may arise during the time of transfer and also for telephone bills,and the remaining 50% will be for me.
What I want from you is for you to act as the deceased next of kin. I have in my possession, all the necessary Documents to successfully accomplish the operation. Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free. Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive response. I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish.

My private email address:odun4eva2002@yahoo.com.

Best Regards,
Mr.Christian W.Frederick.

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