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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHNSON" <johnson_madu@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:56:19 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY


FROM=3A
=3E MR JOHNSON MADU=3A
=3E SOUTH AFRICA RESERVE BANK =28SARB=29
=3E 17TH FLOOR=2C BUILDING=2C
=3E RESERVE BANK BUILDIN=2C
=3E 50 ST=2E GEORGE'S MALL=2C
=3E CAPE TOWN 8301
=3E BRANCH CODE=3A 161842
=3E
=3E Dear=2C
=3E
=3E My name is Mr=2E Johnson Madu=3B I am the operational
=3E manager in account management section in charge of
=3E credit and foreign bills in South Africa Reserve
=3E Bank =28SARB=29 here in South Africa=2E I am writing in
=3E respect of a foreign customer of my bank who
=3E perished with his
=3E whole families on plane crash near Eveleth=2C
=3E Minnesota in the year 2002=2E You can view more
=3E stories on this website below=2E
=3E
=3E archives=2Ecnn=2Ecom=2F2002=2FALLPOLITICS=2F10=2F25=2F
=3E plane=2Ecrash=2Eminn=2Findex=2Ehtml
=3E
=3E There is an account opened in this bank in 1999 by
=3E this Great Late Senator and the family who died
=3E without a written or oral 'WILL' attached to the
=3E account=2C Since his death=2C I personally has watched
=3E with keen interest to see the next of kin but all
=3E has
=3E proved abortive as no one has come to claim his
=3E funds and no other person knows about this account
=3E or anything concerning it=2C the account has no other
=3E beneficiary=2E
=3E
=3E The total amount involved is 10=2C000=2C000=2E00 USD=2E
=3E =5BTen Million United States Dollar=5D We wish to start
=3E the first transfer with $4=2C000=2C000=2E00 =5BFour Million
=3E United States Dollar=5D and upon successful
=3E transaction without any disappointment from your
=3E side=3B we shall
=3E re-apply for the transfer of the remaining balance
=3E to your account=2E
=3E
=3E I have secretly discussed this matter with the
=3E general manager of the bank who I must involve in
=3E order to have a smooth and a successful transfer of
=3E the fund to any foreign bank account=2C which you are
=3E going to nominate=2E On this note=2C I decided to seek
=3E for a
=3E reliable foreigner who will act as the foreign
=3E beneficiary of the fund from the deceased by
=3E providing his=2Fher bank account where the fund will
=3E be transferred for immediate investment on any
=3E viable project as no one has come up to be the next
=3E of kin=2E
=3E
=3E The banking ethics here does not allow such money to
=3E stay more than five years without claim hence the
=3E money will be recalled to the government treasury as
=3E unclaimed after this long period of dormancy=2E
=3E
=3E In view of this I got your contact through my
=3E personal search to see if you can assist by
=3E providing your safe bank account for the transfer or
=3E find a reliable person who will be capable of
=3E receiving such amount in his or her personal
=3E account=2E At the conclusion of the transfer 60% of
=3E the fund will be for me=2C I will give you 25% of the
=3E total transfer sum=2C while the remaining 15% will be
=3E set aside to settle expenses both parties might
=3E incur during the transfer process=2E
=3E
=3E upon the receipt of your reply=2C I will send to you
=3E detailed information about the transaction=2E I will
=3E not fail to bring to your notice that this business
=3E is 100% risk and trouble free and that you should
=3E not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund
=3E transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking
=3E days=2C after you apply to the bank as the beneficiary
=3E of the fund from the deceased=2E
=3E
=3E When you receive this letter=2C kindly send me e-mail
=3E immediately with this my email contact
=3E johnson=5Fmadu=40yahoo=2Ecom so that I can send you the
=3E details without delay=2E
=3E
=3E Regards=2C
=3E Mr=2EJohnson =3E

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