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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)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Major Eric Makarfi <eric.makarfi@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frank_backer@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:46:25 +0100
Subject: ok!



Compliments, My name is Frank Bankole, I got your contact from your local directory while searching for a Respectable, Reliable and Trustworthy fellow to assist me in an Unclaimed Fund belonging to my deceased Client. He was an Iraqi on Political Asylum who died of Heart attack he suffered when he got the news that his family home in Iraq was bombed and all his family members killed. Since then no one have come forward to claim his fund of $ 3. 5 m ( Three million, five Hundred Thousand dollars) he deposited in our Security Firm here in Abuja. The Directors of the Firm have issued me a notice as the Personal Assistant in-charge of his account to locate any of his relatives abroad on whose account the proceeds of this fund valued at the above mentioned amount will be paid to.

Dear Friend, I wish to present you as the beneficiary/next of kin to my deceased client. I want to assure you that, this does not involve any risk, since I am the one presenting you as his next of kin, every legal documents will be dually procured to ensure a successful and legal fund claim, before this fund is confiscated and directed to Federal Government's Account. kindly go through the sharing Ratio. You will get $1 .7 Million as your share, while I get $1.7Million as my share and $. 1million will be kept aside for any expenses that we may incur while processing this fund transfer. I will give you more details about this transaction when I receive your affirmative response. Meanwhile kindly send me the Followings Information's,Age:Address:Tel:Occupation:
Please keep this infomatiom as CONFIDENTIAL as possible. Anxiously anticipating your prompt reply. Yours SincerelyFrank Bankole

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