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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)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Williams Micheal" <w.micheal@ukprivateoffshore.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:43:36 +0100
Subject: Seeking Foreign Assistance




MR. WILLIAMS MICHEAL
AUDITOR GENERAL
UK PRIVATE OFFSHORE BANKING LIMITED
Email: w.micheal@ukprivateoffshore.co.uk [mailto:w.micheal@ukprivateoffsho=
re.co.uk]
Bank Site www.ukprivateoffshore.co.uk [http://www.ukprivateoffshore.co.uk/=
]=20

Dear Friend,

I am the Auditor General UK Private Offshore Banking Limited here in
London..

In my department i discovered an abandoned sum of US$20m dollars
(Twenty Million US DOllars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer (Mr. Andreas Schranner from Munich, Germany) who
died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CRASH, VISIT THIS SITE BELOW

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/=
1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm]

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin 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 guidlines and laws but
unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation
died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for
the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of
kin, business partner or relation to the deceased base on mutual
agreement between both of us for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and i don't want this money to go into
the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after 8years, it will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of your assistance / partnership in this deal as a
foreigner is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner and not British so some one within United Kingdom like me
cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the
provision of a foriegn account, 10% will be set aside for expenses
incurred during the business and 60% would be for me.

Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to
the percentage indicated above.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the
text of the application that you will use in applying to the bank
officially.

I will not fail to bring to your notice the fact that this
transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom
of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer
with my position in the bank..

When writing back to me, i will like you to provide to me the answers
of this questions if you are really interested in making this deal
with me-

1.your age.

2.your marital status.

3.your private telephone and fax number.

Trusting to hear from you soon.


Your's faithfully,

MR. WILLIAMS MICHEAL
AUDITOR GENERAL
UK PRIVATE OFFSHORE BANKING LIMITED
Email: w.micheal@ukprivateoffshore.co.uk [mailto:w.micheal@ukprivateoffsho=
re.co.uk]
Bank Site www.ukprivateoffshore.co.uk [http://www.ukprivateoffshore.co.uk/=
]=20

NB: PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS TRANSACTION STILL
RESPOND TO ME SO THAT I CAN LOOK FOR ANOTHER PERSON BECAUSE YOU ARE
THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE CONTACTED FOR THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE OF
IT'S CONFIDENTIALITY.


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