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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • arnoldumeche_sbn@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: arnoldumeche_2000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:53:56 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?please=20i=20need=20your=20urgent=20assistance?=

MR ARNOLD UMECHE
SPRING BANK NIGERIA PLC
PLOT 143 AHMADU BELLO WAY
VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS NIGERIA.
EMAIL CONTACTS : arnoldumeche_sbn@hotmail.com
MOBILE PHONE:

ATTN: SIR / MADAM,

PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS WEBSITE BEFORE READING THIS MAIL.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this confidential transaction. I
came
across your email address on the internet.Though, this medium
(Internet)has
been greatly abused by all sorts of dubious persons, but I chose to
reach
you
through internet because it still remains the fastest, surest and most
secured medium of communication at the moment.
However,this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from
all sorts of hazards and problems you may think of.
THIS TRANSACTION IS REAL AND YOU WILL CONFIRM THIS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS
AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THE FUNDS.
I am Mr. Arnold Umeche, An official of SPRING BANK NIGERIA PLC.
I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that is
attached to this deal. The Management and the Legal department of my
Bank
(SPRING BANK NIGERIA PLC) in a recent meeting, recommended that the fix

deposit bank account of MR.Andreas Schranner aged 64 years from
Germany,should be declared dormant,confiscated and the depositor's fund

sent
to the Bank
Treasury Due to the non claim of the fix deposited funds in the account

on
Maturity by MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER in Line with the new Nigeria's Banking

Law
and regulation.
MR.Andreas Schranner,64, A Rich German property investor,died On the
31st of July 2000 with his wife,Maria, 62, and their Children in Air
France concord plane { No AF 590 } crash bound for New York United
State of
America.My bank has unsuccessfully made all efforts to locate any of
the
relatives of MR. Andreas Schranne to claim his deposited funds to no
avail.
You can confirm the death of late Mr Andreas Schranner and his family
your
self via the website below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
LATE, MR. Andreas Schranne operated a fix deposit account in my bank
valued at US$18.5.Million. (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United
States Dollars Only)
I wish to confide in you that since Mr Andreas Schranner died that non
of his relatives has shown up for the claim of his deposited funds.
This is where I want you to come in to assist.
I want you to come in as a relation of Late MR.Andreas Schranner, I
will
arrange for an attorney that will handle all the legal processes about
this transaction in your favour as the legal next of kin to late Mr
Andreas Schranner. The attorney will put up an official application to
the
bank and to the high court in your favour as the legal next of kin to
MR.Andreas Schranner.
The attorney will secure all the legal papers in your favour from the
high court and carry out all the legal procedures in the high court and

in the bank in your favour as the legal next of kin to late Mr ANDREAS
SCHRANNER.
I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist me in this transaction.
I will use my position in the bank to get all internal documentations
to back up the claims.The whole Procedure will last for 10 bank working
days
to get
the funds successfully paid to you Without any trace even in future
from the
day i receive your personal details.
After the successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share
the funds 40% to you while 60% to me.
PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL
arnoldumeche_sbn@hotmail.com
Yours Sincerely,
MR Arnold Umeche.

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