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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • chucksafam@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Chucks Afam" <chucksafam@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: chucksafam@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 09:41:37 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION.


FROM: THE DESK OF MR.CHUCKS AFAM MANAGER INTERNATIONAL RELATION DEPARTMENT
CITIZENS BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
12 ADEOLA ODEKU STREET VICTORIA
ISLAND LAGOS NIGERIA.


Hello Dear,


Please permit me to introduce my humble self to you, my name is Mr.Chucks
Afam,
I am the Manager of International Relation Department with Citizens Bank of
Nigeria Plc, I'm 52yrs old,I want to read this message carefully and reply
me immediately. Although we have not met before, but I suggest that this
transaction will bring us together.

My dear, we had a customer, a foreigner but base here in Nigeria, his Name
was
Mr.Collins.J.Adams. He is from Alaska, United State of America, but based
here
with his wife and his two children, Mr.Collins has being banking with us for
the past 5yrs and some time in August 2003, Mr. Collins was on his way to
his
house, and unfortunately ran into a Trailer load of Petroleum product,and
died
immediately, Their car got burnt, no single soul was
saved,Mr.Collins.J.Adams
and His entire family was confirmed dead.

My Board of Directors and the Management of Citizens Bank has mandated and
instructed me to look for Mr.Collins.j.Adams's relation(s) and his Next Of
Kin to come and claim his fund, Since August 2003 Till date, I have been
looking for his relation's or his next of Kin to come and claim his fund
which he Deposited with our bank, I have contacted his Embassy and after
3days,his Ambassador told me that Mr.Collins.J.Adams has no relation and no
Next Of Kin, their Ambassador told me that he used his first son as His next
of
kin, but it is quite unfortunate that Mr.Collins.J.Adams Died with all his
family members.

The reason why I contacted you is thus, Mr.Collins is dead, and his only son
who supposed to inherit this money also died With him. As at this moment,
nobody or person[s] is coming to claim this Money from our bank. The Board
of
Directors and management of our bank told me that if nobody or person[s]
apply
for the claim of Mr. Collins's Fund, the bank will return the entire Fund
into our Federal reserve. In the Light of the above, I want you to stand as
the
Next Of Kin to Late Mr.Collins.J.Adams, it might interest you to know that
he
had a Domiciliary Bank Account with our Bank and he has a total sum of
US$9.2M
Nine Million Two Hundred Dollars, this is the exact amount which he had in
his
domiciliary account before the ugly incident occurred, and this money is
still
in his account as unclaimed money.

This transaction is very easy and simple, and it is 100% risk free, I'm the
Manager for International Relations Department with Citizens Bank of Nigeria
Plc, and the Management and Board of Directors of the Bank are waiting for
me
to provide to them the Relation or Next of Kin to late Mr. Collins.J.Adams,
of
which I told them that I am still searching for his Next Of Kin. Finally, if
you are interested with this transaction, I will front you to the bank as
the
only Next Of Kin to late Mr.Collins.J.Adams, and I will let the bank know
that
you are the only right person to inherit Late Mr.Collins Funds. If you are
interested to assist, just email me.

The late Mr. Collins's Funds will be credited into your account or through
the Courier Services. So reply me immediately and feel free to ask any
question
with regards to this transaction. You will take 35% of the US$9.2M.While 5%
will
be for expenses which might occur on this
Transaction, the remaining Balance of the same amount will be mine.
And make sure you include your Telephone number and other details. Your
swift
response will be highly appreciated.

Thanks and have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Chucks Afam.

N.B: Alternative email address: chucksafam@hotmail.com

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