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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)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "foreign remittance department" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: JOHN STEVE <ojohnoxsteve@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr_jstfour@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 23:47:10 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY



AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING UNIT. FOREIGN REMITTANCE DPMT. ECO-BANK. LOME-TOGO. B.P.-37-9 . 49
Dear Friend,
I am Dr. John Steve, Director and Chief of Accountant for the bills and credits in the Foreign Remittance Department section of ECO-BANK Lome-Togo in West Africa. I got your contact email address through an international web directory while I was searching for a reliable and trustworthy person who can not betray me, because I have been praying to my God to direct me to the rightful person that I can trust.
There was one of our client Ahmed Wasfy Nehad, but he died in the year 1999 October in a plane crash which also claimed the life of his only child, Who until death was the next of kin to the fathers money with ECO-BANK. It is only me that knows his bank information, and I am the only director of the Banque who is aware that this client and his son (next of kin) were dead. He left about (US$15 Million) U.S DOLLARS in his account before he died through plane crash.
At this juncture, I want to transfer this US$15 million into your account as soon as I get your bank account number. I will do the paper work here claiming that you are the next of kin to this client, and that you want to transfer the sum into your account abroad. The service of an Attorney will be need to seal everything and to change the data and information in his file so that it will enable us transfer it swiftly. If we employ the service of a highly Accredited Lawyer that means it will take us only 5 working days to transfer the funds into your account.
The Lawyer will arrange for the affidavit of support from Ministry of Justice claiming that you are the right beneficiary of this fund. Do send to me your Bank particulars and your personal phone number immediately including your contact address, I and my colleague will give you 35% of the total sum of the US$ 15million for assisting us, while 5% will be for the expenses after the fund is transfer into your nominated bank account. The transaction is 100% risk free.
Best Regards
Dr. John Steve.

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