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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:
  • "million 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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "foreign exchange" (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.
• 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.
  • michaelaaron87@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mail"<mailoffice6x@myway.com>
Reply-To: michaelaaron2007@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:20:26 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hello Friend,




Hello Friend,

Please kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile data base on your country.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with this event. Well, I am the Foreign Exchange Manager of Oceanic Bank International Plc of Nigeria In my department discovered an abandoned sum of US $13,500,000. Million dollars. In an account that belong to one of our foreign customer Dr. James Anderson who passed away on the 30th of September 2002, after a brief illness.

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 decease as indicated in our banking Guidelines. It is therefore upon this discovery that I in my department now decided to Make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as next of Kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since Nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank Treasuries account as unclaimed Bill.

The banking Law and Guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains Unclaimed after Three years, the money will be forfeited into the bank Treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner in this transaction is Necessary because our client was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 45% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to stand firm as the next of kin and 55% would be for me, after which I shall visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. Reply-to addresses (michaelaaron87@yahoo.com) I expect your quick respond.

With Best Regards.

Mr. Michael AaronForeign Exchange ManagerOceanic Bank International Plc of Nigeria

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