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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:
  • "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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Dorcas Filippe <dfilippe4@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: dorcas35@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:30:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: my pleasure


Your attn:

Greetings to you.

It is my pleasure to communicate with you on this fruitfull transaction. I am Mrs.Dorcas Filippe, an accountant of auditting and accounting section of Hallmark Trust Bank of Africa in Cote D'Ivoire.

With due respect and regard I wish to seek your urgent assistance to transfer the sum of U.S.Eight Million Dollars (U.S8M) from the above mentioned bank. This money belongs to one of our customers,(Robert Rice ) who died in a plane crash with his wife and the fund has been lying dormant with the bank without any claim, either from his family or relation up to date. I am contacting you to act as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased. There is no risk in this transaction, as all loope holes have been taken care of, and all necessary informations as regards to this fund have been secured.

Please be notified that I am still working with the bank and it's only me and my colleague(boss) that are aware of this development thus treat this proposal as confidential and secret for our security. I have served the bank faithfully for good number of years and 'am presently preparing for my retirement, hence I see this as a golden opportunity to be comfortable in life after retirement. As soon as this fund is secured into your account we shall meet with you in your country for collection of our share. We agreed sharing ratio to be as follows: 20% for you the account owner, 70% for me and my boss, while 10% will be set aside for expenses made during the transaction.
Here is the website of the plane crash that took the life of the account owner and his family:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

Looking foward to hearing from you.

My regards,
Dorcas Filippe.



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