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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:
  • "30% for you " (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.
  • michaelofceesey@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: 1622986 <1622986@gadball.com>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 13:36:45 -0700
Subject: Very Urgent


Attention,
 
I am Micheal Ceesey an Attorney to Late Mr. Mark Hammer a foreigner
and one of the Leaders in the fishing Industry. Late Mr.Mark Hammer
has an account with Union Bank which he set up in 2003. He died in
2004 in UK. I received a memo early this year from the international
remittance unit of the Bank for an interview about 22M USD that
belongs to my client Late Mark Hammer.
 
The Bank informed me on their policy to Freeze the same account and
redirect his funds 22M USD back to Union Bank treasury because they
saw no NEXT OF KIN in his entire file within the bank and his account
has been dormant for many years which is against the policy of Banks.
 
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with
foreign account as the foreign beneficiary to that fund. I have
resolved to share the money in this ratio: 45% for me, 30% for you ,
20% for the remittance manager in the bank who has agreed to guide us
for the success of ourobjectives and 5% for expenses we might incurred
in the processing of this transaction. Note that this transaction is
total,and as such, the nature of your business does not matter in the
completing of this transaction.
 
FOR US TO PROCEED:
 
I will need your full name and address, or any name that you might
want us to use in processing the documents of fund release in your
favour,and the name of the bank where you might want it processed and
transferred/remitted into. I will also need your telephone and fax
numbers for oral communications too.
 
I will start the processing of all the legal documents to back up this
claim since i am the Attorney to the late account owner, so i have
every detail and there will be noting difficult in completing this in
few days, immediately you send all the required information. I will
give you further details on the entire process when i receive your
positive response. On your readiness for us to proceed. Send me
anemail via my private email account (michaelofceesey@yahoo.co.uk)
 
Regards,
Micheal Ceesey Esq.
(Legal Practitioners).

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