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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:
  • "because it still remains the fastest medium of communication" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "dormant account" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Sam Patrick" <mr.sp4_privateinfor2007@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: wqwspinfor07@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:03:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: How are you?


Dept.Of Offshore Mortgage Services,
Bank Of Scotland Int'l Ltd,
P.O.Box.19,Bank Of Scotland House,
Prospect Hill,Douglas,
Isle Of Man. IM99 1AT.
www.bankofscotland.co.uk .

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family,I know that this massage will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before,But be sure that it is real and genuine business.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business having gone through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this correspondence is unofficial and private,

I am an external auditor of a well known Bank{www.bankofscotland.co.uk} here in the United Kingdom. In one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with holding balance of 22,759,000.00(TWENTY TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS) which has not been operated for the past three years noun. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account,is a foreigner by name Engr. Robert J.Gerlich is a United State Of America,Monroe, Conn.citizen who transpired around 10th September 2001,Four days later,information started to trickle in,that he was among victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack.
(www.boston.com/news/packages/sept11/anniversary/victims/wtc3.htm) and since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money because he has no family members who are aware of the existence of neither the account nor the funds.
I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER WHOM I CAN TRUST

I have secretly discussed this matter with a top senior minister official of the federal ministry of finance here and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with us, although due to his position he did not want to take active part but as soon as you follow my instructions everything will be successful because we will be working hand in hand with him.
We thus propose to do this business with you,standing in as the next of kin of these funds from the deceased and after due legal processes have been followed the fund will be released to your account without delay and we will use it for investment and to assist the less privileged in the society because if we left the fund with the government it will be fortified for nothing and will be used to suppress the poor masses in the society.

I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties.
At the conclusion of the transfer you will take 35%,5% will be for any expenses both parties incurred in the process of this business and the remaining 60% will be for me. I contact you beliving that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account,As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay. I look forward to hear from you if you are interested.

Thanks
Mr.Sam Patrick


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