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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:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Glenn Proellochs <mrglennproellochs1019@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrglennproellochs1@pc.nu>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:24:44 +0000
Subject: Get back to me.


Dear,

I made up my mind with trust to contact you for an urgent and very
confidential business, knowing fully well that this letter may come to you
as a surprise.I am Mr Glenn Proellochs Controller International
Unit(Operations) Standard Chartered Bank London.I am a native of Switzerland,but based here in London.

In the course of our Last Annual Account's check, we discovered through
the Branch Manager in one of our branches in Nigeria, precisely at
Ikeja branch that an American Engineer/contractor with the Nigerian Ports Authority,(N.P.A) made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$7,800,000.00(Seven Million Eight Hundred
Thousand Dollars).Upon maturity ,a routine notification was sent to him
through his contact address, but no reply. It was later discovered from his contract employers, the Nigerian Ports Authority,(N.P.A) that he died
on 6th December 2005.

On further investigation, It was discovered that he died without making
a WILL, did not declare any Next of Kin or relations in all his
official documents,including his Bank Deposit documents in that branch. This sum of US$7,800,000.00 is still sitting in that branch and the interest
is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
No one has ever come forward to claim it and according to the Nigerian
Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim this
funds.

Our proposal is that we will like you to stand in as the Next of Kin to
the Deceased so that the fruits of this Man's labour will not get into
the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is very simple as
long I am here to direct and provide you with every information
required for this transaction.

We would need you as the Next of Kin and sole benefactor to the Funds
to the Deceased to forward a claim form to that Branch which the Branch
Manager Mr Austin Ugwu will secure on your behalf to claim this money
into your bank account. This Funds will be paid to you, for us to share
in the ratio of 50% for me and the Branch Manager(Mr Austin Ugwu) and
40% for you and 10% for expenses both parties will incure in this
transaction. There is no risk involved in this transaction as my position and that of Mr Austin Ugwu guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.

Please do not destroy our career if you do not approve of my proposal,I
am not a criminal and what i am doing,i do not find against good
conscience,this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move,because such opportunities only come once in a lifetime and I cannot let this chance pass me by.

Feel free to reach me if you are interested to claim this funds as Next
Of Kin to Deceased via email (mrglennproellochs1@pc.nu) or tel
447045703860,it is upon your response that I shall then provide you with more details and relevant information that will help us you go about this
transaction. All we want from you is honesty and trustworthiness.Please
observe utmost confidentiality,and be rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for all of us.

Regards.
Mr. Glenn Proellochs
97 Cromwell Road London,SW4DN U.K
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