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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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Ronald Kasper <cintron99@helloworld.com>
Reply-To: Ronald Kasper <ronaldkasper2@executivemail.co.za>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:01:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE; 15 / 03 / 2008




          BUSINESS COOPERATION PROPOSAL

Hello,


My name is Mr. Ronald Kasper; I live and work in Pretoria South Africa. I am the chief External Auditor of Finance company, Accra Ghana.During the course of my duty as an auditor to the above company, I discovered an account belonging to a Switzerland British Citizen customer of the company Mr. Ratnavale Victor, who died together with his wife in a Plane crash on Monday 7th September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva.

Please see http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html
for more information.

The late Mr. Ratnavale Victor left in the company the sum of twenty one million dollars($21 million dollars) and Nobody will ever come for this money because he died With his entire family. I also discovered that Mr. Ratnavale Victor left no document “will” or next of kin information in his records with the company.

Now, I want to use my position in the company to transfer this money to your country for investment, If you can provide me with an account where I can transfer this (twenty one million dollars) $21 million dollars. Other modalities including the sharing ratio and consideration for your assistance will be discussed upon receipt of your response.

Mr. Ronald Kasper
Chief External Auditor

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