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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "with absolute secrecy" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • chris_kiman@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Chris Martins <businesschris6@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:38:59 -1000
Subject: Dear Friend


Dear Brother,
I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral
ethics, but please treat it with absolute secrecy and personal courtesy. I am Mr Chris Martins, an Auditor of a commercial Bank here in the NIGERIA, in the process of auditing our bank accounts I and one of my colleagues discovered that there is a dormant account valued at the sum $5,700,000.00(five million seven hundred thousand US Dollars) and after due verification of this account we discovered that the account owner is late and that is why the account
has been dormant and as such a $5,700,000.00 has been lying in the bank unclaimed.
The idea of presenting somebody who is not related to our deceased
customer to act as his next of kin came into our mind, that is how and why we have contacted you to present you
as his next of kin, so that the $5,700,000.00 will be paid to you and we can both disburse the fund according to the percentage we will agree on. In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to stand as the next of kin to our deceased customer, to enable us
claim the fund from my bank.
Hence, if this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue
advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow on you.
Please kindly get back to me immediately,
strictly via my private email address only: to enable me enlightens you on how we are to proceed.

On getting your response, we shall agree on
the percentage of disbursing the $5,700,000.00 between us, as we intend to invest part of our own share in real estate business in your country,and we would appreciate if you can put us in the right part investing in your Country.
I will not contact any person or company until I hear fromyou, so as to enable me decides on what to do next.
Be rest assured that this business is 100%risk free.
We wait for your prompt response.
Regards,
Mr.CHRIS MARTINS

NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO MY
LATE CUSTOMER; THE FUND
WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE WE ARE PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF
KIN

Plz if you are willing to help,kindly funish me with the details required bellow

NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
FAX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
NATIONALITY:

REPLY TO MY OFFICIAL EMAIL ADDRESS OK.
chris_kiman@yahoo.com

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