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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:
  • "top of the day to you" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: michwoji@freemail.lt
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:19:22 -0200
Subject: Personal Enquiry/Email me back with contact details


Dear Friend,

Top of the day to you. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself
to you, I am Mr. Michael Woji, staff of one of the leading banks in
Ghana. I will want to solicit for your assistance to help receive an
inheritance sum due for claim to one of our late customers, Mr. David
Thompson, He died in automobile accident with members of his family.
I happen to be the Resident internal controller in the branch where he
deposited the total sum of $8 Million usd on the 6th of June 2002.
It was discovered from his personal attorney that he did not state in
his WILL any next of kin to claim this funds, we have sent routine
notification to his forwarding address and discovered that he does not have

anyone to claim this funds. It is very unwise to allow this man's fruit of

labour to go into the wrong hands because no one has come forward to claim

the funds.

Thus my proposal to you is to stand as his next of kin to claim the
funds, his personal attorney has worked things out and i am willing to
furnish you with necessary information the bank here will demand from you
during the process of this transaction.

Please if you are willing to assist, I will want you to furnish me with
your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details. Please,
you have to be an honest and trusted person. Please contact me for more
information with the below informations filled out.

NAME: .............................
MAILING ADDRESS:...................
AGE: ..............................
STATUS:............................
STATE/COUNTRY:.....................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS:...................
CELL PHONE:........................
COMPANY NAME: .....................
OCCUPATION: .......................

I look forward to working with you.

Regards,
Mr. Michael Woji.



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