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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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: mr george eze <mrgeorgeeze215@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrgeorge_eze111@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:37:54 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME



Dear Friend, Please do not be surprised to receive this letter from me because having gotten your contact and profile from your country’s trade journal today12th ofOctober 2007, I will be very most grateful if you can champion this transaction that I am about to proposed to you. You might be surprised why I want to disclose this information through this way, but for me to be explicate and confidential to you so that you will grab the situation very well. My name is Mr.George Eze, the Audit Control Manager, Continental Bank Benin. I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now or in future. The report of this first quarter auditing in my bank, revealed a ten years (10years) fixed dollar deposit made with my bank in 1994, belonging to one Engr. Ziad Al Haznawi, a Lebanese, and a miner with the Kruger Gold Mining Co. Benin Republic, a geologist by profession. Confidential investigation from his work place revealed that he died since 26th of December 2003, in a Plane crash on his way to Berut Lebanon for the Christmas holiday. You can click or copy and paste the bellow link on your window to view the plane crash chaotic scenehttp://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.htmlNo other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my confidential investigation as well proved that his company does not know anything about this account.I want your assistance to transfer the fund in the account valued at US$10.7m to a safe foreigners account outside Benin Republic. I am contacting you as a foreigner because original depositor of the fund is a foreigner, so you can be fronted as his foreign business partner and the next of kin/beneficiary. I have the official capacity to influence this . As soon as the fund is transferred to your nominated account, I will come over to a designated country to meet you. Though we shall enter into agreement on the percentage we are going to share the money as soon as I get your reply. Be assured that this is completely risk free as all logistics and technical back up to the claim has been perfected. I will be expecting a confirmation of your acceptance to deal immediately. Best regards,MrGeorge Eze.
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