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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:
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Banquo Duke <banquoduke114@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bd.great@yahoo.dk
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:04:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From: Mr. Banquo Duke.


From: Mr. Banquo Duke.
The Manager, Credit and Foreign Bills
(All States Trust Bank Plc.)
Lagos-Nigeria.

Dear: Sir/ Madam,
My name is Mr.Banquo Duke, The Manager, Credit and Foreign Bills, All States Trust Bank Plc. I am writing in respect of our foreign customer with account number 14-255-201143/ASTA/123-99 who perished in an auto-crash with the whole passengers on board, and since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with kind interest to see the next of kin of this man, but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of US$14.M.USD.(Fourteen Million United States Dollar), which has been with my branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his or her name shall be used as the next of kin, let me know if we can work together. I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased client who made the deposits to my bank. He died without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate. Fortunately, both of you have the same last name so it will be very easy to make you become his official
next of kin.

However, the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than four years, because money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed funds after this period. In view of this, I got your contact through my seach in internet, after realizing that your name and country is similar to the deceased, I will give you 25% of the total after finaly and successful transfer of the funds to your destination bank account.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the application and give you comprehensive details on what we are to do. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased. When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick communication.

Respectfully submitted,

(Mr. Banquo Duke.)
The Manager, Credit and Foreign Bills
(All States Trust Bank Plc.)



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