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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 united states 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.
• 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.
  • dr.petergaga@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Peter Gaga." <dr.petergaga22@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: dr.petergaga@mail.com
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:15:09 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Urgent Reply,


Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I will introduce myself as Dr. Peter Gaga, a senior staff in the accounting Management Department of the above firm (skye Bank Ghana)here in Ghana.
Full Name: Dr. Peter Gaga
Country of origin: Ghana
Place of Birth: Cape Coast (GHANA)
Date of Birth: 09/04/1952
Profession: Banker / Investment Analyst
Position: Manager Account Management Section
Marital Status: Married
Current Address: 71B Osu Link Accra
Mobile phone +233 245 059 599

One of our accounts with holding balance of $18,000, 000.00 (Eighteen Million United States Dollars) has been dormant and has not been operated for the past four (4) years now. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account, a foreign Nationality by name Mr. Bruce Martins who died in April, 2002 through a car accident alongside his wife.
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 have secretly discussed this matter with a senior official of this company and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with who can stand as the either the brother or the next of kin to the deceased person so that we can share the money together with him once the funds is transferred to his account and this the reason why I am contacting you.
We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin and beneficiary of these funds from the deceased, and funds released to you after due processes have been followed. This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.
On receipt of your response I will furnish you with detailed clarification as it relates to this mutual benefit transaction.
I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible if you are interested.
We shall all be entitled to 45% each while we shall use the remaining10% to offset all expenses that anyone of us might incurred on the process of this transaction.
Please reply me via this address for security reason (dr.petergaga@mail.com)
Regards,
Dr. Peter Gaga.


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