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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "trust is our watchword" (the question is not whether they can trust you, but whether you have any reason to trust this person or anyone this person tells you to contact)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mattejeayor57@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Matthew Ejeayor <matthewejeayor19@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mattejeayor57@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:10:23 -0500
Subject: Attention:Sir/Madam,


Attention:Sir/Madam, I wish to bestow this mutual trust in you, which I believe you will not ignore or betray my godly bestowed trust in you; I also apologize in advance for any in convenience this letter may cause you. I am Mr Matthew Ejeayor, an account officer with Eco Bank Int Ltd l am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $US26M (Twenty Six Million United States Dollars ) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya,East Africa,the Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY,a citizen of Atlanta,United States of America. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.Unfortunately I learn t that his supposed next of kin being his wife died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this department now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained after five (5) years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds. We agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while the balance will be for me and my colleagues. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this transaction. Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail.Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you shall been finalized. We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response. Please in your response include your following informations Your Full Name:--------------------Receiving Address:----------------Contact Telephone Number: ------------Valid Identification:--------------Nationality/Occupation:---------------- Yours Sincerely,Mr Matthew EjeayorKindly send your reply to my alternate email:mattejeayor57@gmail.com
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